How do I tell if my Dwarf hamster is nocternal?

Question

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Answer 1

Syrian Hamsters are the largest of the available species and need to housed singley.
Russian Dwarf, Chinese, Roborovskis and Campbells are the dwarf species that are usually available and these can be housed in pairs.
Hamsters are usually nocturnal and like to sleep all day so can be quite cantankerous if woken up during daylight hours. They are prolific breeders so care should be taken choosing sexes if you do not want to breed these wonderful pets.

Housing:- all housing needs to be safe for the animals, so choose something that is escape proof, large enough and is easily cleaned. Lots of plastic coloured tubes may look good but will you be able to strip down the cage easily to clean them all each week.
Think about platform and ladders rather than tubes.

Diet:- Hamsters are omnivours so a mixture of nuts, grain and biscuit with some fresh vegetables will provide the basic requirments of your pet. In the wild they would hunt and capture insects as well so try feeding crickets, meal; worms or locust ocasionally.
Fresh water should be available at all times preferably from a clean lick bottle.

Care:- handle your hamster as much as you can to keep it tame. If a hamster is left in the cage and not handled very often it may bite because it thinks you are attacking it. Don't ever feed your pet through the bars of its cage as then when some one puts their finger through the bars the animal will think it is being fed and taste the offered digit.
Clean out the cage every week leaving a small amount of the cleaner bedding so that the pet does not think it has come to a new place and make more scent so smelling a lot stronger. A hamster ball may be a good idea but don't leave him in it for too long as he will go to the toilet and he will not like to be covered in his own urine./ Hamsters are very clean animals and will use one corner as a toilet, this can be adapted to get him to use a latrine bowl or tiolet which makes it easier for you to clean him out, Place jar on its side in the corner he uses with some of his dirty bedding and he will use that. Make sure the jar is big enough so that he can turn round in it.
Please don't use man made fibre bedding ( fluffy bedding) as this is quite dangerous for small animals. They may get it wrapped around limbs which will cause consriction and loss of the limbs. They may also eat it, which can cause problem with their digestion if their gut becomes blocked. I recommend paper bedding usually made from waste from tea bag production. This safe and digestable.

Answer 2

all hamsters are nocternal but the real way u can tell is that if they sleep all day besides eating and they keep u up all night rolling around in a ball or making a lot of noise then u know that it is nocternal.

Answer 3

Rodents, including hamsters, are nocturnal by nature.

Answer 4

all hamsters should sleep during the day and be up at night...all hamsters are like this

Answer 5

yeah they r. i have hamsters too and they sleep through the day and play at night. but if u dont believe me try googling it

Answer 6

You might want to go get books, or go to the web and read up on your new little pet. Basics are good to know before you get your new pet, but now you have it, it will be good to no the basics of its care.

Answer 7

you can tell by thier sleeping habbits(sleep all day awake at night) BUT they arn't exactly nocturnal.... my lil sister had 25 of and not one of them actually slept all day they do take naps during the day like cats but they arn't up all night they do the samething

Answer 8

all hamsters are nocturnal

Answer 9

you'll know if he/she sleeps all day... and of course if he/she is mainly awake at night