Update on previous post about my hamster
So, I posted here about 2-3 days ago about my hamster. How I was afraid of her biting me and how can I clean her cage when I’m scared of touching her from fear of getting bit
I wanted to try a suggestion to wear gloves. Today her cage was way too dirty, so it was time again. I asked mom for help and asked for gloves. We found some not very thick gloves, but they would do.
I was still very afraid and mom took over. She tried grabbing her gently while <PERSON> (my hamster) kept going to corners. 881
After a while, she finally did it. We noticed she never even tried biting my mom, she just flinched away, which made us flinch.
After cleaning her cage (how did she poop so much is beyond me😭😂) I felt slightly ready to put her back myself with gloves. I tried and almost failed, with her trying to escape through a hole in her temporary cage, but we got her in the main cage. I then pet her with gloves and even picked her up twice. She didn’t flinch any of the times, simply kept exploring the cage
To say I’m totally over the fear is false. I’m still not sure about doing it barehanded, even though mom did and <PERSON> did nothing, but I’m taking it one step at a time. I’ve had her for a week at this point, this is insane progress.
Anyways, thanks for reading! 601