Hey, folks. This topic is not a joke. I'd like someone answering it who knows about animal behaviour, maybe Lake - coz he knows a lot about animals. ... ... My hamster is getting weird. Usually, I put my flat hand in the cage, and the hamster climbs on it, to be lifted out of the cage. But recently, she looked at my hand, then opened her mouth, and slowly, deliberately sank her teeth into my thumb. It wasn't frightened or aggressive, it was just a strange slow motion thing, and for no apparent reason. I didn't even draw my hand back until I noticed I was leaking blood. Later I tried the usual procedure again, and she wanted to bite another time before I could finally persuade her to simply step on the hand without biting. Next day, all went back to normal, but she seems generally more nervous than before. Why, I wonder, does my until now perfectly lovely hamster act in that strange way, all of a sudden?