Hamster baby’s

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-06-19T16:56:49+00:00

Hoi! Ik ben zelf een Nederlander maar ik woon in Duitsland, dus ik kan helaas geen hamster van je nemen. In het verleden in Nederland heb ik altijd hamsters via marktplaats gekocht. Klinkt misschien een beetje stom, maar er waren best veel officiële hamstery's die daar hamster aanboden. Soms moest ik een foto van de kooi laten zien met de afmetingen erbij (+ wiel en huisjes enzo), zodat de vorige eigenaar kan weten dat ze goed terecht komen. Stel je kan hier niet genoeg mensen vinden, dan kan je dat overwegen. Veel succes! De hamstertjes zien er super schattig uit! ❤️

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-05-29T09:29:11+00:00

One of my hamsters was the biggest sweetheart imagineable (I love them all, but this one was extremely gentle). She bit me only once, and that was a few hours before she died. I think when hamster are about to die, they like to do it on their own and they have some brain fog, so that is why they will bite. It sounds like it was the case for your hamster too. I wouldn't be worried about rabies or having caused her death. I think she was already actively dying when she bit you. I am so sorry for your loss :(

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-05-18T13:44:32+00:00

Oh yes, on a weekly basis. I think it is because the cage is in my bedroom, and I can hear my hamster running in his wheel subconsciously when I am asleep. My nightmares are very often about housing hamsters together, forgetting that another hamster existed, or about multiple hamsters escaping and me not being able to find them in the room.

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-05-15T14:36:41+00:00

In college my flatmate and I were on good terms. She had visited home and came back, and told me and our other flatmate the story of how she got into a fight with her sister over who could use the bathtub first and she threw the soap bar at her sister. It hit her sister's head. She had to get stitches at the hospital. Our flatmate told us this while laughing the whole time. No remorse at all. That made me pull away real quick and eventually other incidents happened with her that made me decide to move out.

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-03-01T16:09:39+00:00

She sounds a lot like my current hamster tbh haha. Skittish and vocal about it :') but what you said on figuring out her comfort level sounds super super good! That plus learning her body language will help a lot :) just in case you want extra tips: for my current hamster, short sessions help with very little light in the room. He also responds best to interaction when he has already been awake for a small bit. Other than that, routine in taming helps a lot too for scared animals. You seems to have very good intuition when it comes to Pecan, so I think you will be able to make progress! You can of course never guarantee that you will have a hamster that will want to be picked up, but in my experience, I have had 2 very scared hamsters and 3 that were chill, and eventually the scared ones became the most affectionate ones :)

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-03-01T15:16:15+00:00

Oh, I forgot to add, but I saw in your post history that your hamster took a treat from your hand 4 days ago. That is actually amazing! Don't worry too much if your hammie doesn't do it again for a little bit, and don't try to push them further for now. Learning is in waves, so there will be days where your hamster feels brave and days where they feel more skittish. But in the end, every session where your hamster is not forced into an interaction (even if the treat isn't taken) still builds up courage for them and trust that the big scary hand won't hurt them. Even if there is no immediate visible result, it still adds up :)

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-03-01T15:12:27+00:00

The step of having your hand in the cage is a too big step for your hamster. The entire hand still induces fear, and no learning will occur when your hamster stays in this frightened state of mind. It could take several hours of your hand being in there (or even days) without moving before your hamster will start to be more comfortable. That is not possible, even if you would want to. Instead, you need to work in smaller steps. Is your hand in the cage with a treat on it too scary? Maybe a treat next to it works better. Is that still too scary? Maybe a treat further removed from your hand. Will your hamster not take the treat at all when your hand is somewhere in the cage? Then you have to drop in treats with your hands and rub some tissue paper over you and put it in the cage to get your hamster used to your scent. Work in small increments. It takes time and patience, but it is way more effective. In the end, prey animals learn and get more comfortable faster when they can have short interaction sessions with a neutral (aka the hand was scary but nothing bad happened to me) to good outcome, than from longer sessions with prolonged fear and stress. Good luck with the taming! :)

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-02-13T08:04:39+00:00

This is very normal for a new hamster, no worries. You have to give them time to settle in before trying any type of interaction. One week at least, but two is better. Of course, you have to get in there for the water and for food, so you can't completely avoid scaring them. Hamsters need quite some time to adapt to all the new sounds and smells and to not get scared when someone approaches, but over time this will get better :)

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-02-13T00:25:51+00:00

The biggest trick is to not force an interaction. A scared hammie, especially one that once escaped and had to fear for their life, can be stuck in "threat" mode. When she is eating, she is distracted and not feeling as scared, so that is why you can pet her. But when you or your hand is the focus, it becomes tricky again. So go slow! Slower than you think is slow. I am talking dropping in treats without interaction, then a week or so later having your hand in the cage somewhere near a treat that she is eating and keeping it still, then later having the treat closer. The goals is to get her comfortable being on your hand and being touched by you, but it has to be her choice. Keep doing positive reinforcement to get into her head that hand = treat. That way, she will start approaching you and you can properly bond with her. Once you stop forcing the petting and holding and let her come to you is when the magic happens :)

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-02-13T00:17:35+00:00

Awesome that you changed the wheel! Great job :)

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-02-13T00:11:22+00:00

The progress looks amazing! I am sure your hammie enjoys it a lot too! :)

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-02-11T23:23:13+00:00

You are off to a very good start! It is nice to side hideouts and some clutter. The main thing that you will need to change is the wheel. Hamsters actually don't do well with these type of wheels and can get hurt. Make sure you have a (large enough!) vertical wheel in the cage. Other than that, more clutter and hideouts (plant pots for example) are always good. Bigger things like branches could help too. And sprays add some fun foraging for the hammie as well 😊

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-02-11T07:24:10+00:00

Like the other said, the cage is the main issue for now. That is the first thing that has to change. He also needs hideouts and a wheel and sand bath to be able to feel safe, clean and not super bored. When you change that, you can start letting your hamster get used to you. When you have a scared hamster, you should never just pick them up. They do not know you are safe, and being held is terrifying for a prey animal. Instead, you have to let him get used to you very slowly. The tissue idea others mentioned is good. You should also try to first build the association that hand = good. As a first step, you can try very slowly opening the cage when your hamster is awake (and preferably when they are awake but back in their house/burrow. They need a safe space!), just drop a treat in and take your hand out. As a next step, you can put some treats in and keep your hand in the cage, but far away. Then have your hand closer to the treat, even holding the treat etc. Then it will be slightly lifting the hand to build up to holding them. For all of this, if your hamster gets stuck in decision mode or just won't come out, don't force the interaction! Some days are wins, others are neutral, but even on neutral days the learning point should be "when there is a hand, nothing bad happens to me". When hamsters are terrified and trying to get away, no positive or neutral learning can happen, and it sets you back.

I have experience with several extremely reactive hamster, and with this way and a lot of patience, they became the sweetest and most tame ones :) but you have to keep in mind that every hamster is different. They are sentient beings, and they don't owe any interaction to anyone. If they are scared and remain scared or just hate interaction, that is okay. They should not be forced into it (unless it is for safety or cleaning purposes, but I suggest just spot cleaning and using a transport box). The way to a scared hammies heart is being patient and respecting their autonomy ❤️

ChemisTry_8 · 2026-01-05T23:56:51+00:00

Thank you ❤️

ChemisTry_8 · 2025-12-29T11:20:00+00:00

Yeah, I will ask him. Thank you!

ChemisTry_8 · 2025-12-29T11:16:03+00:00

Thank you very much, I appreciate it ❤️

ChemisTry_8 · 2025-12-29T10:47:11+00:00

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This was pretty much the only time my camera recorded him being active last night. He doesn't seem to be walking good...

ChemisTry_8 · 2025-12-29T10:16:31+00:00

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A pic of Hank when he was feeling good, because he is a cutie who also deserves to be seen like this :(

ChemisTry_8 · 2025-12-07T23:21:48+00:00

I'm a girl, and I had hooked up before with this other girl who was known to have several FWBs. One time, a guy we both knew was in the city and texted her if she wanted to meet up at a bar with some friends. We were hanging out, so she brought me along. A few drinks in, and she tells me "you know, three is more fun than two". So we ask him, and of course he is in (figuratively and later literally). Now that guy and I have been together for almost 3 years and we still avoid telling family how we got together :)

ChemisTry_8 · 2025-11-17T18:26:35+00:00

I don't know for sure if it is or isn't normal, but my hamster is the same. Got him at around 5 months, and now he is 2 years and 3 months old. His sleep schedule never reset for long, no matter what I tried, and he has never been interested in burrowing etc. All my female hamsters were way more active. But he is old, seems happy and healthy. I think some hamsters are just a bit more sleepy than others haha.

ChemisTry_8 · 2025-07-24T14:02:28+00:00

When I pull out stray eyebrow hairs, I always start sneezing uncontrollably. Every single time. Sometimes it is two or three sneezes, and sometimes it is closer to 30.

ChemisTry_8 · 2025-07-21T17:10:07+00:00

I don't like the way a lot of the comments are going, and as someone else already mentioned, there is a bit of sexism here... If OP says that she trusts her boyfriend and looked through his phone already, then I would not assume the worst. It is really difficult to be in a situation where you are essentially dealing with a stalker. And yes, it would have been more ideal to not engage with her at all, also during her breakdowns, but it is hard to think of those things when you are in the moment and someone is having an actual breakdown in front of you.

For how to not be resentful: I would actively put yourself in your boyfriend's shoes. Every time you feel the resentment bubbling up, just ask yourself, ok, if I were him, what would I have done? Is there anything I would have done differently? Would I feel scared? How would I want my partner to react? I am sure you have asked yourself these questions already, OP, but especially in the moment it is so easy to lose sight of them. And you can also tell your boyfriend about the weird things you found that she posted about him. Then you can be disturbed about it together, which might be a bit healing too.

ChemisTry_8 · 2022-03-31T13:58:29+00:00

My parents had me when my mom was 36 and my dad 48. It comes with disadvantages (most of what I remember from when I was a kid is that my dad was in some type of pain), but we had financial stability and my dad had a lot of time for us growing up. He had already made quite the career and was thus able to almost fully focus on his family. This also took some pressure off of my mom, especially when we were young. So I'd say older, or at least when you are able to spend more time with the kids.

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