Can hamsters swim????????????

Question

i was just wondering if i could get my furry friends to be able to swim if i put them in a little dish of water?

Answer 1

NO, hamsters are desert rodents and cannot take to water like some other animals. In fact the water can be dangerous for them since the wet fur can cause flu, pneumonia or other respiratory infections in a hamster.

It is for the same reason that the hamster should never be given bath too. Hamsters are naturally one of the neatest and immaculately groomed animals and there is no necesscity to bath them. It will cause only damage by stripping the hamster fur of its essential oils and leaving it prone to skin infection.

For the same reason, whenever a hamster gets its fur wet in its cage perhaps due to a leaking water bottle or by sitting in its own water dish, the fur should be immediately dried with a clean tissue.

Don't bring your hamster to water and jeopardise its life.

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Oh and i saw your previous question only now - you are horrible and disgusting!!!!!!!!

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Answer 2

they can die from being wet. and if they dont die they can get a bad infection if their ears are wet.

Answer 3

If hamsters get wet, they can die! And "furry friends"!? Considering the last question I answered of yours, you probably just want to drown them to death!

Answer 4

No.

No matter what you have heard, water is dangerous to hamsters. Even if they do not drown trying to stay out of the water, chances are they will catch pneumonia.

Answer 5

haha.

"furry friends" now?what happened to your previous view about animals?stupid 6-dollar animals,eh?

hamsters can take a bath from time to time.but only a little bit "dip" and not full body in the water.but from what i've seen of you,you'll probably just drown them to death and laugh about it.

God bless your soul.

oh and another thing:change your username.you may be s**y but i don't think you are "Sweet" like your username:sweetandsexy.hah!

Answer 6

no they dont, unless you wanna see them drown and die :))  

Answer 7

No, don't you even dare to try it. You'll probably end if killing your hamsters that way.

But they do like sand baths, if you use CLEAN STORE-BOUGHT sand. And it can only be spread out to be about 1cm of sand deep; it's supposed to be a sand bath.. not a pool.

Oh, and I've reported your previous question about hamsters. It upset me and many others on Y!A so I felt that someone needed to do it.

Animal abuse is WRONG btw.

Answer 8

That's disgusting. Do you know how much stress that puts them under? Hamsters do not swim in the wild, they have no reason to. Don't be so cruel.

Answer 9

Oh no, dont do that.. They can swim, but i wouldnt put them in water... That hamster in the video doesnt enjoy it, so i dont think any hamster will..

It can make the hamsters sick.. And they will loose their natural oils in their fur and skin...

you're not supposed to bathe hamsters..

If it was a dog, then its a different story