How to Make a Hamster or Gerbil Trust You Using the Bath Method
Give your pet a few days just to get used to the cage and their new home., If you haven't already, buy something to carry your pet in, if it's not trained. , Take your pet in the carrier to an empty bathtub with no water in., Sit cross legged on one...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Give your pet a few days just to get used to the cage and their new home.
If it has a sliding door, great.
If not, just make sure it doesn't escape. , Open the carrier and let your pet run out on the other side, far away from you.
At first it might be confused and cautious.
Just sit cross legged, and stay still.
Eventually, it might come a bit closer. , Keep staying still.
Remember, this is all new to them, but once they get used to it, you're like a giant jungle gym! , Let them climb on it, but do not pick them up. , Place them gently on your foot.
They will probably climb off right away, but now you have placed the thought in their mind that they can climb on you. , Put them back in the carrier, and take them back to their cage. , They may not climb on it, but they probably will not bite.
If they don't, job well done! If they do, try it again another time! You have not failed, because your pet probably trusts you more than before! , Even when your pet has been trained, it's still fun for both of you, so do it whenever you like! -
Step 2: If you haven't already
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Step 3: buy something to carry your pet in
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Step 4: if it's not trained.
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Step 5: Take your pet in the carrier to an empty bathtub with no water in.
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Step 6: Sit cross legged on one side of the bathtub.
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Step 7: Soon they might climb up onto your foot
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Step 8: or up your leg or something.
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Step 9: If nothing happens after a while
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Step 10: place your hand flat on the bathtub.
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Step 11: If they seem comfortable with you (walking and resting near you)
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Step 12: but not climbing on you
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Step 13: you can pick them up.
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Step 14: Once they have climbed on you and seem comfortable with you
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Step 15: you can get out.
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Step 16: Give it a few hours
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Step 17: then go back
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Step 18: and put your hand in the cage.
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Step 19: Keep doing it!
Detailed Guide
If it has a sliding door, great.
If not, just make sure it doesn't escape. , Open the carrier and let your pet run out on the other side, far away from you.
At first it might be confused and cautious.
Just sit cross legged, and stay still.
Eventually, it might come a bit closer. , Keep staying still.
Remember, this is all new to them, but once they get used to it, you're like a giant jungle gym! , Let them climb on it, but do not pick them up. , Place them gently on your foot.
They will probably climb off right away, but now you have placed the thought in their mind that they can climb on you. , Put them back in the carrier, and take them back to their cage. , They may not climb on it, but they probably will not bite.
If they don't, job well done! If they do, try it again another time! You have not failed, because your pet probably trusts you more than before! , Even when your pet has been trained, it's still fun for both of you, so do it whenever you like!
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