or is it just another item invented simply because its small enough to fit in the cage?
2007-04-10 06:30:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Hamsters have a natural territory of several square miles! Putting such an active animal in a small cage is a problem. The wheel isn't the best solution, but it is a way for them to exercise and move, without it the cage would be too small and too boring for a hamster to live happy.
2007-04-10 06:38:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I really think all rodents do appreciate wheels. I know all the ones I've ever had - 6 mice, 2 hamsters have always spent vast amounts of time in it!
The fact of the matter is, they have a lot of energy. You either need a 20m squared secure run for them (how many times have you seen that) or a wheel for them to work off all that energy.
I used to let two of my mice have the free run of my room at uni, as there were no gaps for them to disappear into. I think they must've been the happiest mice ever, but if I put the wheel in the middle of the floor for them, they would still hop on to it occasionally! Proof positive as far as I'm concerned!
Chalice
2007-04-10 13:39:23 · answer #2 · answered by Chalice 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mine certainly does'nt. His wheel has been sitting in his cage un -used for a year now. The only action the wheel gets is when Harry sits on it to have a wash!!!
I guess like all animals, hamsters are unique and have different likes and dislikes. He still loves coming out and going for a run in his exercise ball and playing with me and my husband. But as far as the wheel goes? forget it!!
2007-04-10 16:07:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mine doesn't like the wheel.
Thanks to a 9-volt battery, a transformer and a few capacitors, though, I've made a dandy little hamster prod. A pre-run pasta dinner and two batteries will get him through the equivalent of the Boston Marathon.
2007-04-10 13:33:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They love it!My old hamster ran on his wheel on the time.He even had food stuffed in his cheeks while running once.After he died of old age,months later I got a new one and she ran all the time too.It's a rodent thing.
2007-04-10 13:33:32 · answer #5 · answered by ~*Jaye*~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they really like it. Hamsters are like children. They like lots of toys.
2007-04-10 13:33:07 · answer #6 · answered by robertspraguejr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
looks like they get stuck into that thing n it looks like they are running..
2007-04-10 13:32:38 · answer #7 · answered by bornonaplatein1988 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yea it's like excersise for them
2007-04-10 13:33:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they really do like it.
2007-04-10 13:33:04 · answer #9 · answered by cireengineering 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They may i dont know tho....this question makes you think....
2007-04-10 13:32:47 · answer #10 · answered by mallory. (: 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋