2007-05-19 22:35:08 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Rodents
Well my hamster is only 3 inches, a baby and has an entire 10 gallon tank to himself. I can't imagine he'd need a bigger one already?
2007-05-22 15:30:26 · update #1
Well, there are a number of things you can do.
1. You do not have to have your gerbil where you sleep.
2. You can also oil and/or modify the wheel to where it makes less noise.
3. You can remove the wheel when you go to bed and replace in the morning.
4. You can get him out during the day and play with him some. Placing him in a hamster/gerbil ball earlier on and letting him roll around might wear him out.
While I am at it, a couple of notes. One, there is no "p" in hamster. The other thing is that hamsters and gerbils are different. Gerbils have hairy tails, hamsters have only a tiny stub for a tail. Rats and mice have bald tails.
2007-05-19 22:52:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry but this question just made me laugh. I have had many gerbils and they all loved their wheels! There is really nothing you can do about this exept remove the wheel which is cruel and they will just find something else with which to keep you awake. Is he on his own? If so he could be lonely - you should never have a gerbil on its own. What I found was that I eventually got completely used to the noise and now I don't even notice it. Hope this helps and good luck!
2007-05-20 07:06:21 · answer #2 · answered by Tia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please dont take the wheel out. It is important to ensure that gerbils get their exercise in order to stay healthy. Try moving the cage to another room in your house or close the door at night. I have 4 chinchillas and they often run all night on their wheel too. We just had to put them in another room and you soon stop hearing it. Try putting a towel underneath the cage in order to stop the vibrations echoing. Oiling the wheel is a good idea too but you need to ensure that you something like sunflower oil(natural oil) NOT WD40 or anything of the sort because this could seriously harm your gerbil. I hope this helps..
What is your little ones name by the way?
2007-05-20 06:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahh I know what you mean I have guenia pigs and they get annoying at night too. Um you could try talking out the wheel just for one night and see what happens. Maybe replace the wheel with a differnet toy your hamster might like so he/she won't think about the wheel. If it doesn't work just put the wheel back and get used to the sound. I go to sleep by listeing to my guenia pig drink. :)
2007-05-20 05:40:45 · answer #4 · answered by Riderx1491 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
mine did the same thing. at night if he started running i would just turn this little knob on the wheel so that way it wouldnt move, so he couldnt run on it. but then i would give him a piece of card bored for him to chew on so the way he would be occupied for a while. but then in the morning i would fix the wheel so he could run again
2007-05-20 12:35:50 · answer #5 · answered by Sam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is up all night trying to run away from his cage.
He probably runs, gets out, looks around, runs, gets out looks around.....The poor thing is miserable.
How would you like to be in an area you can travel in 5 steps?
Take the wheel out if it bothers you, but really, you should give the poor thing either larger cage/fishtank, or give it to someone who wont be bothered by the noise.
2007-05-20 05:46:35 · answer #6 · answered by Chris C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i really don't have an answer, but this was just too funny! maybe "he" wants to get his exercise on.
but seriously, take the wheel out for a while and give him something else to do.
2007-05-20 05:40:47 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Charmed One♥ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you could put vaseline on the wheel to help make the sound stop.
2007-05-20 23:27:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
is he ur only hamster?...If that's the case then its just from all the pent up sexual tension...the man wants some hamster pussy
2007-05-20 05:50:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋