I have two Whinter white dwarf hamsters and they do this wierd thing....?

Question

i just got two winter white hamsters and when they are sitting still, they do this weird kinda twitching thing...looks like they have hiccups or something but can hamsters have hiccups? and winter white hamsters are dwarf hamsters...right?

Answer 1

They are not having hiccups, when they sit up and twitch their faces from one side to another, they are taking out the food from their cheek pouches into their mouth to eat. Notice closely - they would sit on their haunches, and the muscles only on one side of their face would twitch strongly for a few seconds. Once the food is removed from the cheek pouches, they relax and start eating the food.

And yes, winter white hamsters are dwarf hamsters too.