One-year-old dormice can recognize its owner. Although the dormouse reaches adulthood in about 4 months, as long as the previous owner did not mistreat it and left a bad impression, it will recognize its owner again. The dormouse does not identify its owner by observing its physical features, but by getting to know its owner through its scent. This animal can recognize the specific person corresponding to the scent it smells. If someone smells similar to its owner, the dormouse will be kind to him.

How the dormouse recognizes its owner:

1. The dormouse is not very friendly to strangers. It relies on smell to identify people, and strange smells come to it. If it has a sense of crisis, it will not take the initiative to approach the other person. It will only be willing to approach the other person after smelling a familiar smell. The only people who can interact with it are usually its owners who are close to it. After recognizing the owner, it will not bite the owner casually.

2. The dormouse is very dependent on its owner. As long as it smells the owner's scent, it will immediately run to the door of the cage, wanting the owner to let it out, want to play in the owner's hands, and will keep following. The owner, even if the owner watches TV or plays on the mobile phone instead of accompanying it, the cat will stay with the owner.

3. Only after it recognizes and fully trusts its owner will it fall asleep next to its owner. Some dormice that are close to their owners will sleep on their owners' hands.