Everytime i go in my room and look in its cage its buried under its bedding.. Is it normal??
2007-01-21 08:39:52 · 14 answers · asked by ? 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Perfectly normal. Hamsters are burrowers. In the wild they would dig burrows in the ground to live and raise families and store food. He may also take food from his dish and fill his cheek pouches and then store it in a corner.
2007-01-21 08:46:08 · answer #1 · answered by PRS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamster bury them self to stay warm. Your hamster is cold or feeling a draft somewhere. Make sure you don't have it too close to a window or the door that Leeds to outside, cause the opening and closing of the door bring in the cold. And during the summer you will see that the hamster will sleep in the tubes or on top of it's bedding. If your hamster get to cold it will die or get sick. Yes it normal for a hamster to bury itself.
2007-01-21 08:56:50 · answer #2 · answered by rma2ks 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's TOTALLY NORMAL. Every hamster I ever had always 'buried himself' when he went to bed ... some in 'pine shavings' and some with newspaper I'd torn into strips that they shredded with their own teeth. They'd build a big pile in the corner of their cage as a 'nest' and then 'burrow in' and get comfortable. Since hamsters are 'nocturnal' animals who were bred from 'wild animals' at one time, they are probably doing everything they can to 'build a cave/nest' from what they have 'on hand' ... you might like to get your hamster a little 'house' it could sleep in and it would be 'really happy' ... but be sure it's made of something the hamster can't 'hurt itself' on if it chews on it ... wood is okay, but most plastic isn't since some hamsters like to chew on it if they can. If you want to 'be friends' with your hamster when it's awake, then you'll need to be awake at night and sleep during the day, too. YOU can 'change your ways' for sleep, but hamsters are more 'primitive' and can't.
2007-01-21 09:07:59 · answer #3 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Choose a young hamster not only for cuteness, but for sociability. Choose a hamster that relaxes in your hand, washes himself and seems plump, bright-eyed, alert and curious about you. Choose only one hamster.
Hamsters are active at night. The best time to clean the cage or exercise your hamster is in the evening or morning, rather than at midday when hamsters prefer to rest undisturbed.
Tame your young hamster by handling daily and rewarding calm behavior with vegetable treats.
If your hamster's wheel is keeping you up at night, remove the wheel at bedtime, and replace when you wake up.
Introduce your hamster to people and situations gently; a scared hamster can give a painful bite.
When you put your hamster in a plastic exercise ball, keep the ball away from stairs. A fall downstairs can result in serious injury.
When choosing a place for your hamster cage, make it out of reach of other household pets who may be a threat to your hamster.
Keep hamster bedding warm and dry--moisture can cause fatal infections.
Do not give in to temptation and buy two hamsters to live together--even if they are littermates they will either breed immediately (and you'll have twenty hamsters) or fight, often to the death.
2007-01-25 04:14:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...this is normal behavior for a hamster. Hamsters are nocturnal animals (meaning they usually sleep during the day). In their natural habitat, they will burrow into the ground to sleep. This provides them safety and warmth.
You may want to provide your hamster with some kind of hideout, so that he has someplace to hide. They are timid animals by nature, and having a shelter will provide some security. Just make sure that his bedding is kept clean and dry and he'll be fine.
For more information on your hamster...check out this website...my daughter used it when she got her first hamster to make sure she was caring for him properly and to give her some insight on why he did some of the things he did.
http://www.geocities.com/dominant_spot/
2007-01-21 08:51:37 · answer #5 · answered by motomouth_1965 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamsters bury themselves mainly during the day because they are nocternal creatures, and tend to cuddle up in the corner of they're cage for comfort and security
2007-01-21 08:47:55 · answer #6 · answered by hazie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is very normal. I've read online that hamsters like to "burrow" under the bedding. They like to sleep in private, and they also like to "hide" themselves from you.
2007-01-21 08:59:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is trying to hibernate.he feels to exposed .He is tired.How old is he?.Try putting a cover over his cage if the sun is bright or move him away from the window ,is his cage in a draught?Do you live in a noisy household he may be nervous of sudden movements and noise.
2007-01-21 08:48:06 · answer #8 · answered by Lindsay Jane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they like to sleep that way, they burrow in the wild, or did til we took them out of the wild. use only aspen bedding or super shavin"s, the rest hurts the respiratory system.
2007-01-22 02:00:09 · answer #9 · answered by sandy e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
light levels could be troublesome; do you leave it in the dark all day, then walk in and flip the lights on? is the room cold? it could be cold. sleeping; my gerbils always used to sleep all day, and it could have been running around while you where gone, and now it's all tired out. or it could be scared of you :( in this case, try to handle it more.
2007-01-21 08:46:06 · answer #10 · answered by Gigi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋