I am allowed a kitten/cat for christmas, but i have a hamster in a bar cage. Will the kitten/cat try to attack or eat my hamster? If it will, can anyone give me some tips on how to prevent this from happening?
2006-09-17 03:20:44 · 17 answers · asked by Hannah L 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
yes, if the cat gets the chance to get your hamster he will!! make sure you keep the cage closed at all times and its a good idea to keep the cat outta the room that the hamster is in.
2006-09-17 03:23:27 · answer #1 · answered by feline 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on the personality of the kitten. If you keep the hamster caged, I'm sure it will be fine. If you're letting your hamster out once in a while, just let it run around your bedroom with your door closed so the cat can't get in. Good luck!
2006-09-17 03:30:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
probably will destroy the hamster or even eat, it its on a cats nature, but some cats won't it,s hard to tell, you would have to find that out your self to see how good the cat is with the hamster,i done that before and somehow when i was at work my cat got to my hamster, and when i came home there was no hamster in the cage and i fount some little bones on the floor,this really happen.
2006-09-17 03:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by what is the good word? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get the kitten young enough, you can teach it that the hamster is not food. However, you will still need to make sure that you keep the cage closed at all times when you are not there. And when you do take your hampster out, make sure the cat can't get into the room with you. It's just their nature to hunt rodents, no matter what you teach it.
I have raised rats, mice,ferrits and guinea pigs and never lost any of them to a cat. (Though my ferrit almost ate my bird...)
2006-09-17 03:37:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it WILL try to eat your hamster if given a chance. Keep the hamster in his cage and the cat out of your room (close the doors) and you should be fine.
2006-09-17 03:23:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother's kids had two hamsters which they let run loose in the house. Then they got a kitten. The hamsters terrorized the kitten until it grew up. One day, it finally discovered that hamsters are good to eat.
2006-09-17 03:31:01 · answer #6 · answered by GreenHornet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably, because your hamster will look an awful lot like food to your cat. Don't let the hamster out where your cat can get at him.
Now, sometimes cats will make friends with small critters that would ordinarily be prey. But it's not something you can count on.
2006-09-17 04:06:41 · answer #7 · answered by Tigger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah the cat will probably eat your hamster if it gets a chance you could get a plastic cage for the hamster and put it in a room that the cat is not aloud into
2006-09-17 04:00:27 · answer #8 · answered by andrea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If not to eat, then just to play with(which could still wind up with your hamster dead). Keep the hamster in it's cage and in your room. Don't let your cat in your room.
2006-09-17 06:12:28 · answer #9 · answered by 14Words 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah the cat will try to eat the hamster. you need to keep the hamster somewhere where the cat cant see it. cuz if it does it will do anything to get to it
2006-09-17 03:28:49 · answer #10 · answered by monkey_08 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋