The life of a hamster

These are the things you need to know all about hamsters. Hamsters are rodents. In the wild kingdom of animals, hamsters burrow the land in the morning to prevent themselves by being seen by predators. They have unique cheek pouches that extend from the side of their faces until their shoulders. The hamsters use their pouches to store their food and transport it back to their nest where they can store it or to be eaten if they desire to. Primarily, hamsters are omnivorous. To enumerate all about hamsters foods, these are the following: they munch nuts, dried foods, berries, fruits and vegetables and insects too.

One of the most famous hamsters, the Golden Hamster was first scientifically given description by researchers and these kinds of hamster is first tamed in the world. Israel Aharoni was the first person who caught this Golden Hamsters in Syria. Hamsters are commonly used as laboratory animals and they have become a very popular pet animal around the globe.

Physique

Hamsters do have chubby bodies, rigid erected furry ears and their tail is almost 1/6 of the size of their bodies. There are varieties about all hamsters’ colors. Hamsters’ fur can vary from honey, black, gray, red and brown depending on their specie. They have a delicate bone structures and are sensitive to the rapid change of temperature. Amazingly, they eat their feces at some point in time in order to digest their food. This is done to get the nutrients they need from the food they eat. This is why they are called as hindgut fermenters.

Behavior

This section describes all about hamsters’ behaviors and mood. Golden hamsters are highly territorial and live a solitary life. Siberian hamsters on the other hand are monogamous with their partner. Sometimes, if they are separated, the male hamster will experience a stage of depression and will be showing inactivity and will start eating much, thus making him obese at some point. You definitely need to know all about hamster’s way of behavior if you want to take care one as a pet.

In the world of hamsters, they are crepuscular. They stay underground and would only leave their habitat at night and hunt for food. They are said to be experts in burrowing the land, sometimes, they make many tunnels underground for food storage, nests and other kinds of activities. They are nocturnal animals which mean that they are very active at night.

Hamsters as Pets

In the world of the pet hamsters, the most famous breed is the Golden or Syrian Hamster. Most stores would call them “Teddy bears”. There are also some hamsters which have long fur that could be centimeters long. Another famous hamster sold as pet is the Campbell’s Dwarf Hamster. About this hamster, it originally comes from Russia. Another form of hamster is the Robovski Hamster, a very vigorous and fast one. Because of this special ability, they are very difficult to keep as pet animals. There are many other breeds of hamsters but these are just some of the most popular hamsters.

Mating and Life Span

Golden hamsters can live up to three years. The Russian hamsters can live about two years in captivity. The Chinese hamsters can live until two and a half years to three years and the Robovski hamster can live until three years in captivity. They Golden and Russian hamsters can already mate at their fourth week. However, the Chinese and the Robovski hamsters have a longer period to be matured enough to reproduce. 2-3 months and 2-4 months respectively are their waiting time before they can mate with other hamsters. If you want to give them a longer life span, you need to consider all facts about hamsters. They can produce several pups in a year. It must be noted that the pups and the parent hamsters mustn’t be left together without foods for the parents might eat their pups, making them cannibalistic.