What are some tricks I can teach my hamster?

Question

I had a book that taught hamsters tricks but then I lost it... :(

So does anyone out there have any good ideas on some good hammy tricks?

Answer 1

I taught my hamster to bite fingers when we feed them

Answer 2

you can teach him to sit ,come,down,jump,and stay. My hamster does all those. If you hamster is new it would not work . He has to get used of you first.

Answer 3

My dad once taught his hamster to come at the sound of a whistle.

Answer 4

a simple one is to teach it to climb a rope or balance on a highwire. just put a treat at the top of your rope or the end of your balance beam and the hamster will go fetch it. eventually it will do this without treats

Answer 5

Hamsters are not exactly as you would say, as "smart" as some other animals like dogs, but they are DEFINATLY NOT stupid! Hamsters can't be tought a wide variaty of tricks like as a dog can. It is easy to teach them simple tiricks like what they would do in the wild.

Trick #1  --- Stand up!!

You can teach them to stand up on their hind legs

Hamsters often do this in the wild, so it is quite easy to learn. If you see him/her preforming this action in the cage rewards him with a treat or sunflower seed. Give this action a name so he can reconize it, such as "UP"

Hold the treat right above his head and say "UP" give him the treat every time he preforms it. He should get the hang of it after a while. Be sure not to over feed!

Trick # 2 ---Hamster Agility Course!!

You can purchase hamster agility courses as seen below in the youtube video off of ebay, or pet stores. Just let your hamster follow the treat in your hand up, over, in, out, and around all of the obsticles! HERE IS THE VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8OG9skVr...

Trick #3------   Calling your pet by name!!

This is one of the harder tricks to accomplish. Calling your pet by name. put your hamster on your floor, supervised by you of course. If your hamster comes over to you, lable that action his name (I will say Luna for arguments sake since that is my hamsters name) So when your hamster comes over to you, say "LUNA" and give him a treat. Let him venture off a little, and when ever he comes back to you repete the process. Always remember to reward with treats. This trick is very hard to learn, although some hamsters grasp the concept quite quickly!

Good luck with the tricks =D