Just when I thought Lucky Lada was showing signs of brains. For three days in a row he has voluntarily approached the cage door when talked to, and then climbed into his ball.
Tonight though, about 15 minutes into his ball-running-time, he did the following. For minutes on end!
Back & forth, back & forth. I wonder what was so interesting about the balcony door! He didn't stop until I made him and returned him to his cage.
Unlike Knerten and Fjerten, it actually seems possible to tame Tanita. She is so aware of her surroundings! She's always looking, looking, looking at what's around her. She'll just sit there and look at you. The roborovskis never did that, and I can't recall that Perle did either.
And it's very hard to bribe her with food. Yes, broccoli is yummy, but it doesn't make her come running into my hand the way it did with the little gang. She has taken a liking to the hamster ball thingy though, so hold the ball close to the cage door and she'll jump right in :-) I'm currently trying to teach her that it's good to be awake at 8pm because that's when the ball is there!!! So that we get to see her at all. She sleeps a lot more than the little ones and doesn't show up in the daytime half so often as they did.
Knerten and Fjerten have both left us and recently Tanita moved in. She is a "standard" syrian hamster and I hope she will become quite tame given a little time and a whole lot of bribery. Broccoli and cucumber seem to work... =)
