Hamster help!!?

Question

uhmm my hamster is acting really weird. she is 3 months old. and i got her a few days ago and she was figity and running around and playing and now all she does is stay near me or sleep. what should i do?? (she has plenty of toys!)

Answer 1

hamsters are nocturnal,  so hes probably just sleeping because shes tired. she'll come out every so often to go to the bathroom, eat, drink, ect. but dont expect her to be out whenever you want to play with her! she was probably running around and stuff when you first got her because she was exploring her environment, but now that shes comfotable she'll sleep more during the day. what i do when i want to play with my hammie and shes not out, i shake her food bowl when theres food in it and when she hears it she comes running!

good luck and hope i helped!!

Answer 2

Hamsters get bored of doing the same thing everyday just like us humans. Creativity is the key to making them play actively everyday.

Some simple tricks are -

Spread her food and hide treats in her bedding instead of putting food in a food dish. This would make her burrow and search for food instead of eating mechanically from her food dish.

Each time you arrange the cage after cleaning, arrange things differently from the last time. This would make it more interesting for your hamster to look around and rediscover things in the cage again and make her more active.

Give her a variety of toys to play with. By toys, I do not mean the expensive ones you get in pet shops. Your hammy would be equally or more happy with inane things like empty toilet toll tubes, toothpaste cartons with flaps cut off or even hollowed out plastic balls (non toxic plastic should be used).

Make a hamster proof room area where she can roam around freely with no danger of escaping. I use the bath tub in my house - dry it out completely, plug the drain hole and make her roam in the tub. To make it even more interesting, put some toys and maybe a stand alone exercise wheel there and leave her there for 20 minutes and watch her have fun.It is also a good way to interact and play with her too.

Put her in a hamster ball for 20 minutes everyday, this would make her more active.

Remember variety is the key to a healthy and active hamster.

Answer 3

hamsters sleep all day and they are up all night they are nocturnal.so i hope you are not getting that mixed up with thinking there is something wrong with your hamster.

Answer 4

maybe its just going threw phases?