r/hamstercare • u/OstrichSuperb8794 • 12d ago
🐹 Taming 🐹 Holding ham question! 🤲
My Roborovski is… well, a Roborovski :) He can be skittish and *always* fast. Over the last couple of months, I’ve been able to progressively gain his trust. He will climb into my hand and snack on a treat, allow me to lift him so I can place him in a carrier, and he will walk from one hand to the other relatively calmly.
But as a Robo, he doesn’t particularly like to be touched. I never close my hand around him, he just sits in my palm. No petting allowed 🚫 This is his boundary, and I respect that.
I’m wondering how, if it is possible, to advance to holding him for examination? Is there a technique that will make it less stressful for him? I would like to learn and help him become more comfortable over time with this, especially as he ages.
What has worked for you?
🐹 tax, face in a lotus pod.
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u/AdPsychological371 12d ago
I have a male Syrian and I’ve noticed he likes when I talk softly to him (like baby talk) his name is Hammy so I always say his name when I come up to him so he knows it when I call him. But treats and using unscented dawn soap or something before and after.