Is it normal for hamsters to fill their cheeks pouches with food?

Question

Ive had my two female dwarf hamsters for about a month now. I came home from work and found one with its huge cheeks shes totally normal playing and being active, i felt her cheeks and i can feel her food she didnt feel bothered by them. what should i do? is it normal?

Answer 1

Yes, it's normal. Just make sure you don't overfeed them and they'll be fine.

Answer 2

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Is it normal for hamsters to fill their cheeks pouches with food?
Ive had my two female dwarf hamsters for about a month now. I came home from work and found one with its huge cheeks shes totally normal playing and being active, i felt her cheeks and i can feel her food she didnt feel bothered by them. what should i do? is it normal?

Answer 3

This is very normal and hamsters do it on a daily basis.

It originates back to when they lived in the wild. Hamsters would travel up to 8 miles a night in search for food to bring back to their nests. So they would store it in their cheeks to carry back.

hamsters are natural horders too. They will take food from your hand and sometimes store it in their cheek pouches to carry back into their cage and into the corner where they store it all. This tends to be in, or near their beds.

Its perfectly normal. The ampount of food they fit into their cheeks is amazing, so dont be alarmed if your hamsters cheeks are twice the size of their bodied!

Answer 4

I use to have hamsters all the time when i was younger, it is funny seeing them like that but it's also normal. They have like pockets in there cheeks to store food for later plus they sometime fill up with bedding supplies, so don't worry just enjoy your pets.

Answer 5

Yes it is. They fill their pouches above their cheeks with food because they want to eat it later. It's perfectly normal for them to play while the food is in their cheeks.

Answer 6

Yes. I used to have hamsters when I was a child. I swear mine could put a cup of sunflower seeds in its mouth. It would do this the second I gave it its food. Then they eat it later. One even used to run on the wheel with it's mouth full and cheeks hanging off the sides.

Answer 7

Yep, totally normal. That is why they have cheek pouches. They will usually stuff their cheeks, go to their hiding place, then empty them. She may be keeping it in so the other hampster does not get it! Just a guess, though

Answer 8

well first off, the take the shells off by themselves its good for their teeth. you should never just feed sunflower seeds without the shell. and dont feed them sunflower seeds too often, they love 'em but they are very fattening and will lead to unhealthiness which will lead to death sooner than supposed to :( if the sunflower seed with the shell is still in her mouth after a couple days, dont help her yourself, take her to the vet. by helping her urself, you could cause her to get an infection. but it is normal for hamsters to fill their pouches every time you give them food. bcuz they never know when they will be getting more food and they treat their food as if it's the last morsal of food left for them.

Answer 9

This is normal, hamsters store their food in their cheeks till they can find some were to hide it! It does look funny!lol!

Answer 10

This is normal behavior for hamsters.Hamsters always store food in their cheek pouches so they can find a place to hide them.Then they can eat the food that they hid when they're hungry.So there's nothing to worry about.

Answer 11

Yes, that's totally normal, they like to stuff their cheeks to hide food or save it for later. so don't worry about it.

p.s. I have Lot's of experience / hamsters