2007-11-15 15:26:03 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Rodents
Yes hamsters do eat their waste as well as rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas all do this.
Lagomorphs / rodents produce two types of droppings, fecal pellets and cecotropes. The latter are produced in a region of the animal digestive tract called the cecum. The cecum contains a natural community of bacteria and fungi that provide essential nutrients and possibly even protect the animal from harmful pathogens.
Animals deprived of their cecotropes will eventually succumb to malnutrition. Cecotropes are not feces. They are nutrient-packed dietary items essential to your companion animals good health.
2007-11-15 15:41:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Mine eats where she poos, she'll stuff it in her pouches with the rest of her food. It's gross, but they do it. My dwarf hamsters don't seem to do that as much.
I don't think it is a sign of retardation. Just gross.
2007-11-16 10:29:28 · answer #2 · answered by Jax 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the hamsters still hungry my brother had a hamster and it ate its sister hamster I would have rather it eat its waste
2007-11-15 23:30:19 · answer #3 · answered by hmmmm1977 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
ahahahahahahahahaha!! yes, it is a SIGN OF RETARDATION lol gosh i was baling when i read ur question
and no, they do that sometimes to get some of the left over nutrients from the poop. its fineeee lol....retardation, jeez
2007-11-16 00:43:30 · answer #4 · answered by iloveseattle 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
She may just be moving it. Have you seen her actually eat it? If so, I don't why she would be doing this. I have had many hamsters and have never seen them do this.
2007-11-15 23:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by BRIDGE 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's cleaning it's cage.Later on you will see it stored it in his cheeks to throw it somewhere else........
Quite the opposite if retardation.
2007-11-15 23:36:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hamsters are dumb. My hamster ate his brother for no reason. They lived in a good clean food filled environment. One day he just went crazy!
2007-11-15 23:33:06 · answer #7 · answered by shannonsmith666 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
It just wants to reuse food that is still good to her
2007-11-15 23:28:22 · answer #8 · answered by ♥2htoohorse♥ 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well hamsters are like that.
2007-11-16 05:58:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hampsters come from Iran. Need I say more?
2007-11-15 23:30:00 · answer #10 · answered by Texas Cowboy 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋