Hamster doesnt want to come out of cage?

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Hi  I have had a female syrian hamster for about 2 and a half weeks now. And pretty much everyday it takes me 30 odd minutes to get her out. She will put like 2 or 3 legs on me but never enough so that I can pick her up. She sometimes run right over my hand. I hand feed occasion and treat her meal worms from my hand but she still doesnt want to be picked up. However when shes out of the cage in the play pen she doesnt mind much to be picked up. By the way when I say pick up I mean to cup my hands and leave them till she walks into them as when I go to her she runs out. Anything I can do to get her to trust my hands to pick her up. I have to use the box she came in to get her out most of the time and I would like to break out of this habit otherwise it doesnt feel like progress.

Brittany · Accepted Answer

Sometimes hamsters can just be like that.
My sister's hamster was like that from the first month or so. It's still a little like that, but it's much better.

I would suggest just going ahead and grabbing them. But you know not hurting them in any way.
I usually just trap them in a corner with my hands and then scooping them up.
It sounds mean, I know, but sometimes they just want to stay in and sleep. 

You could always try to lure her into your hand with a treat. 

But really my only suggestion is to just play with her more. Maybe once she's more used to be handled more frequently, she'll be more used to you and maybe go into your hand.
But honestly it's really hard to get them to crawl onto your hand, so I wouldn't really worry about it.

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