I thought hamster loves to run! My other two dwarf hamsters love the wheel and their ball. She did not have a wheel at the pet shop she was in, but it has been almpost a week now and she does not get any exersice! I even bought her a harness and a leash but she chewed it off of her! How will she get exercise?
2007-02-22 09:30:37 · 4 answers · asked by CrazyChic86 3 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I read they need exersice..they run up to five miles a day..my other hamsters run all night!
2007-02-22 09:37:36 · update #1
Hamster do not need exercise that often. they are rather lazy....
2007-02-22 09:35:09 · answer #1 · answered by Shadow Eclipse 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hamsters are naturally nocturnal they are awake during the night, It may just be that it would rather be sleeping. As long as it has a proper wheel to run in then it should be ok. Yes hamsters need access to something that they can do a lot of running in or on (ex. a rodent wheel) in nature they run for miles in a night and need that excersize. Also as far as wheels go make sure it's got a solid floor, I've seen hamsters with broken legs from running on wheels with spaces between the bars.
Also, I hope you arn't keeping your hamsters together in the same cage, they tend to be very territorial and can easily hurt or even kill one another.
2007-02-22 19:08:32 · answer #2 · answered by gitana_diosa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She's just not interested. They don't really need a ton of excercise, she'll be ok with just moving around taking care of business.
2007-02-22 17:38:12 · answer #3 · answered by margarita 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
she is probably plotting against the usa and don'twant to be bothered.
2007-02-22 17:41:37 · answer #4 · answered by whiteman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋