hamsters are trained to come when called.To be consistent with your training, you need to use food to motivate them.If you want your pet to come running when you call its name, you just need some healthy treats and a few minutes to spare every day.A clicker can help your hamster learn its name faster.
Step 1: If you just got your hamster, give it a couple days to get used to it.
It is likely that your hamster will be scared when you bring it home.It won't be able to learn any new tricks if it's scared.After a couple of days at home, your hamster should be calm enough to start training.
Step 2: Get some healthy treats to train your hamster.
You can use treats to get your hamster to come.You can buy store-bought hamster treats.Small pieces of fresh fruits and vegetables can be used, like sweet potatoes, peaches, strawberries, and broccoli.Make sure fruits and vegetables are not harmful to hamsters.Foods that are toxic to hamsters include apple seeds and skins, grape seeds, fruit pits, peanuts, almonds, onions, and garlic.
Step 3: There is a treat in your hand.
Before opening your hamster's cage, make sure it can get to your hand.Place your hand on the bottom of the tank if your hamster lives in a glass enclosure.You might want to wait until the hamster is awake before training it.Since you could scare it, you shouldn't force it to wake up for the treat.
Step 4: Wait for your hamster to grab the treat and call your name.
By giving your hamster a treat, you will help it start to associate hearing its name with getting rewards.Try to keep your voice down when you talk to your pet.Your hamster might be too scared to approach your hand if you talk too loudly.
Step 5: Allow your hamster to eat the treat.
To reinforce the connection between rewards and sound of its name, say it again as it eats the treat.It will be more difficult to train your hamster if you grab it while it is eating the treat.If your hamster isn't interested in the treat, try again later or give it more time to get used to you.
Step 6: You don't need treats anymore if you repeat the process several times a day.
When you call your hamster's name, it will get a treat if it comes to you.It's important to train your hamster every day.If your hamster responds to its name, try to reduce the amount of treats you give it.Try calling your hamster's name without holding out a treat to see if it still comes to you.You can start cutting back on how often you reward it if it does.It might take a few weeks for your hamster to come when called, so don't get discouraged if it's not learning its name.It will eventually learn if it keeps practicing every day.
Step 7: If you just got your hamster, let it settle in for a few days.
It's likely that your hamster will be scared of its new environment when you first bring it home.Give your hamster a couple of days to get used to its new surroundings because you will have a hard time training it during this time.Don't take your hamster out of its cage during this time.Allow it to do its own thing in its cage.
Step 8: Get a clicker and some treats for your training.
A clicker is a training device that makes a clicking sound when you press a button.When your hamster does something right, you can use the clicker to make a sound before giving it a treat.The sound and good behavior will make it easier to train your hamster.You can buy a clicker at a pet store.You can buy hamster treats at the store.Since they're toxic to hamsters, avoid apple seeds and skins, grape seeds, fruit pits, peanuts, almonds, onions, eggplant, garlic, and chocolate.
Step 9: There is a training area for your hamster.
A hamster pen, a bathtub, and a cardboard box are some of the things you can use.Plug the drain if you use the bathtub because your hamster can get into it.The training area should be empty so the hamster doesn't get distracted.Don't put toys or other things in there.
Step 10: When your hamster moves towards you, click and reward it with a treat.
Don't worry about calling your hamster's name.You want to teach your hamster that it will hear a clicking sound and get a treat whenever it moves in your direction.When your hamster starts coming towards you, keep doing this.Try moving to a different side of the training area if you don't know if your hamster is coming toward you.You will know the training is working if your hamster starts coming towards you.If your hamster doesn't seem to be moving in your direction, keep clicking and rewarding it.It should start coming towards you eventually.
Step 11: When you click, start saying your hamster's name.
Your hamster will associate hearing its name with getting treats.Before you click, say its name, and give it a treat, make sure your hamster is coming towards you.Otherwise, it will not associate the behavior with the rewards.If your hamster is moving away from you or standing still, don't click and reward it.Your training will be harder if you teach your hamster to associate running away and sitting with rewards.
Step 12: The process can be repeated over the course of a few training sessions.
When your hamster moves towards you, click and give it a treat.Before you start training your hamster, do this 50 times.Try to keep your training sessions to a few minutes because hamsters have short attention spans.Wait until later that day or the next day to train your hamster, then give him a break between sessions.
Step 13: Say your hamster's name before it moves toward you.
When you call, you should know that your hamster is familiar with its name because it associates it with getting delicious treats.Click and give it a treat if it responds to its name.Continue training your hamster until it gets used to it.Some hamsters might take more time to learn their names.If your hamster does not respond when you call, don't get discouraged.Your hamster will learn its name over time if you keep training it.
Step 14: Gradually reduce the amount of time you click and reward your hamster.
Eventually, you won't have to use the clicker or treats at all.To prevent your hamster from forgetting its training, take away the clicker and treats gradually.If you don't use the clicker, you can treat your hamster every third time you call.You could stop using them if you wanted to.Until you're not using them at all, you could only use them once every three times you call your hamster.