The reason why a hamster bites, what happens when a hamster bites

There are two types of cheek bites: active biting and passive biting

There are many reasons for active biting, one is hunger, and it happens that the taste of your hand makes it mistake it for the taste of food; The second is teeth grinding, the cheeks are teething all their lives, often need to bite something to grind their teeth, you need to prepare molars or teething sticks for it, common people say that even if there are molar stones or teething sticks, the cheeks do not bite, like to bite the cage or other things to grind their teeth, in fact, this is that people have not mastered the skills, the cheeks are not familiar with the grinding stones and teething sticks when they will naturally not bite, then you need to often coat the corners and edges of the grinding stones or rods with some foods that it particularly likes to eat, such as claws, sweet corn and other foods, You can grind it into powder, add boiling water, stir it into a paste, and then apply it to the molar or the edges and edges of the rod, and you will understand the benefits of molar or teething stick after a few days of inducing it. The third is nature, the gills are rodents, often use their teeth to bite things to explore food, because they are born with poor eyesight, and the nose often produces illusions, so they have developed the instinct to distinguish food with their teeth, for this, as owners, we should be more considerate, and use more wisdom to avoid this kind of illusion of cheeks.

The reasons for passive biting are: first, they are still unfamiliar with the owner, and they instinctively protect themselves and use their teeth to drive away enemies. The second is to be frightened, to instinctively bite everything it thinks is threatening.

In a word, to love it is to love it all. Of course, there are some things that can be achieved and avoided with wisdom. Observe more, use your brain more, and you will always find a win-win result.

I'm afraid, if you have a few more days of contact with the rat, he'll be friendly with you, and you can touch it.

。。。Did you disturb him to rest and eat?

It's hot and he's upset?

You haven't been close to him for too long, he has forgotten your taste, feeling strange and afraid?

Is he hungry? Did you scare him by suddenly hugging him?

Hamsters are not cats and dogs, and they don't like to play with people all the time, so give them more free space.

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If you are bitten by a hamster, you generally do not need to go to the hospital**, just squeeze out the dirty blood from the wound, and then clean the wound with water and disinfect it. Hamster bites mainly occur in the first seven days of keeping a hamster, and the phenomenon of biting will occur before the hamster approaches it before it is familiar with your smell.

Many people who keep hamsters probably think what happens when a hamster bites. If a hamster bites, there is generally no problem, just squeeze out the dirty blood from the wound, wash it with water, and then disinfect the wound with soap or other medicines.

Because hamsters in captivity do not carry any infectious diseases, and there has never been a situation where hamsters carry germs to humans. Therefore, as long as the hamster is purchased in a regular pet store, there is no need to go to the hospital for vaccination or other ** after being bitten.

And if the hamster bites, it is usually because the hamster is still relatively new to you, and this usually happens in the first week of keeping a hamster. Usually wait until a week has passed, when the hamster is fully familiar with your taste, then this will not happen.

Solutions for hamster bites: familiarization with the environment, food guidance, corporal punishment.

1. Familiar with the environment

If it is a hamster that has just been bought, let it slowly get used to the environment of the cage and your room, and don't rush to catch him out to play. In this way, the hamster will be uneasy, feel that his life is in danger, and will naturally eat your hands and hands.

After a day or two, you can use your hands to let it smell it, but don't let it get too close or it will be bitten if you are not careful. It's best to grab the sawdust inside the hamster cage with your hands, because it has its own smell inside, and you can't rush it out when you start slowly.

2. Food guidance

The next step is to use food to guide, hold the food with your hand and let it eat, after eating the food, see if he bites or not, if you bite it, repeat it once, repeat it more, and it will know that your Chuntan hand is not food, just send food to it. The main thing is to let it smell more and let it know that it is mainly not food.

3. Corporal punishment

Some hamsters that often bite people, the best way is to use hard, that is, corporal punishment, first you give your finger to it to smell it, if it bites, you gently open your eyes to push it away (here be careful not to really let it bite to the point that it is likely to bite blood), repeat it a few times, it will feel bored, ignore it. But you also have to put your fingers in its mouth for it to smell, and do it when you have time, and soon the hamster will stop biting you.