The hamster cannot understand its owner calling it. The hamster has a very small brain and a low IQ, and cannot understand human language. Sometimes a hamster may react when its owner calls it. This is just a conditioned reflex to the food, not an understanding of the name.

Hamsters have short memories and it is difficult for them to recognize their owners. But if the owner often accompanies the hamster, the hamster will be able to get close to the owner after becoming familiar with the owner's scent, but this does not mean that it recognizes the owner. Generally speaking, after the owner stays with the hamster for about a week, the hamster can become familiar with the owner's smell and get close to the owner.

Methods to get your hamster closer to its owner:

If you want your hamster to get closer to its owner, you can usually observe what it likes to eat when feeding it. Food, usually give it more food in this area, so that it will slowly remember the owner's benefits, and at the same time be willing to get closer to the owner. The owner should be gentle when talking to the hamster and not be too irritable, otherwise it will be frightened.

The owner can talk to it more after returning home from get off work every day. This way, after cultivating the relationship, it can remember the goodness of the owner and become closer to it. That is, the voice should be softer, so that It will like it even more.