{"id":8641,"date":"2016-04-18T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T15:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=8641"},"modified":"2021-03-17T12:58:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T12:58:05","slug":"cute-hamster-facts","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/cute-hamster-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop. Hamster Time! 19 Cute Hamster Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hamsters are adorable little creatures.\n
Many Children choose to have them as pets and it\u2019s not hard to see why.\n
Hamsters are typically small beady-eyed rodents with tiny feet and tiny rounded ears, they’re\u00a0plump, fluffy and soft to hold.\n
So if you love hamsters,\u00a0here’s a list of 19 facts you probably didn’t\u00a0know about the fuzzy little guys.\n
Hamsters are crepuscular sleepers. Hamsters are omnivores. Hamsters have a lot of babies. Not all hamsters are small. There are only 5 species of hamster that are adopted as pets. Syrian hamsters have a high tolerance to alcohol. Pet hamsters need big wheels to run on. Hamsters have terrible eyes. Hamsters are good burrowers. Diarrhea in hamsters is known as \u201cWet Tail\u201d. Hamsters have cheeks that can stretch. The Syrian Hamster is the most popular breed of hamster to have as a pet.\n
\nThis means that they won\u2019t be awake during the day or the night, but rather during the morning and evening.\n
\nHamsters can eat seeds, grains, grasses and even insects.\n
\nThey have been known to have about 24 babies at a time. That\u2019s hard labor.\n
\nThough some hamsters are as small as 2-4 inches, the largest ones are approximately 13 inches long.\n
\nThere are 24 species of hamster in known existence, but only 5 hamster species are available in pet stores. The species available are Roborovski (Robo Hamsters), Campbell\u2019s Dwarf Hamsters, Chinese Hamsters, Syrian Hamsters, and Russian Dwarf Winter White Hamsters.\n
\nSyrian hamsters store fruit in their cheeks for such a long periods of time that the fruit is fermented by the time the hamster eats it.\n
\nIf the wheel is too small, it can give the hamster back problems and even arthritis. Hamsters will refuse to use a wheel that is too small for them and can become too inactive which will cause health problems.\n\n
\nWhen they are born, they cannot see at all, but even after the two weeks it takes to receive their sight it isn’t very good. Hamsters are colorblind and nearsighted.\n
\nHamsters burrow into the ground for their shelter, they dig holes about a meter deep and make several rooms within their underground homes.\n
\nIt is very bad for a hamster to experience Wet Tail because of the health issues it involves, they\u00a0can be in serious discomfort, become dehydrated, and even die from a prolapsed rectum. If your fuzzy buddy has diarrhea, get him help!\n
\nHamsters store food in their cheeks and their cheeks can stretch until their head looks 2-3 times its size. Mother hamsters even hide her babies in her cheeks if she feels they are in danger.\n