I need help with my hamster..?

Question

Ok, so ive had her for almost a year now. but im worried because shes getting REALLY big. and, she puts all her bedding stuff into her wheel and sleeps there. whenever i take it out so she can run she just puts it back in. i really like her and dont want her to die of obesity. what should i do?

Answer 1

So she can get exersize, you could buy a hamster ball and put her in that for a total of like 20 minutes a day. Try buying her another wheel, maybe set up an obtacle course  and guide her through it with her fav. food, make stairs or something she has to climb up on. If you have a seperate whell try moving it to another non-bedding area of the cage, that way she has to lug the bedding up or down, your move the bedding as far away from the whell as possible, the she yet again has to lug. You could also try giving her less food. My hamster drags in some bedding the odd time, but he still runs, but chips of wood go all over the place!!! If none of the above works Maybe consulte a vet.

Answer 2

uh has there been another hamster in there? maybe she's pregnant.

My hamster does the same thing. Get rid of the wheel and let her out in, like the other person said, or she might die. For a while mine wasn't even drinking.

Answer 3

I have had many a hamster that likes to fill her wheel with bedding and sleep in there.  Then, at random hours of the night, they'll decide to go for a run - food and bedding go flying!  Its pretty cute to watch.  Of course, I've got open wheels in all my hamster cages - I know some of the cages sell 'closed' ones that tend to trap everything in them and make it harder for the hamster to run since nothing goes flying out.  If you've got a closed wheel, buy her an open one and put it somewhere else in the cage.  

Overweight hams are a problem - mine tend to get - er 'fluffy' as they get older and start to slow down and by the time its been about a year they're pretty round.  A couple tricks I've learned to help them get a little sleeker.  First off, pick all the corn out of their food each time you fill the dish.  Corn converts to sugar - makes for fat hams.  You can pick out the peanuts too which do the same thing but there usually aren't enough peanuts in most commercial foods to make it worth while.  Cut down on the pet store snacks - yougurt treats, etc.  Switch it to more natural things like raisins, raw broccoli, alfalfa sprouts, blue berries, etc.  My ham LOVES cherries for instance.  These should be given sparingly of course, a little every couple of days.  I know its hard to resist when they put their little pink paws up on the bars and look at you with beady little eyes but its for their own good and they won't remember they didn't get a snack five minutes from the refusal.  And of course last but not least, your ham needs activity of course.  Feel free to take all her bedding out of the wheel regularly - her putting it back in keeps her busy and active and its not half as annoying to her as it would be to one of us if someone messed up our bed.  Take her out of the cage daily and let her run around somewhere safe - careful, they're escape artists and gnawers so keep an eye on her.  A ball's a good idea if she'll use it but it shouldn't take the place of her being free range when possible.  Find things to keep her interested and active.  Nibble bars, toilet paper rolls, a small sand box with chinchilla sand in it (not dust, make sure it says sand), some shredded toilet paper to make a nest with (which she'll carry all over the place before she settles down), etc.  Anything that will keep her busy and keep her from getting bored.  She's never going to go back to sleek but these will help trim her down a little bit and make her happier and healthier to boot.  She sounds like a very loved hamster and she'll be just fine.

Answer 4

Put a second wheel in her cage if you can.  She needs the exercise and it appears that she is adamant on using the other wheel for a bed.  Also, you can try putting another type of container in there for her to use as a bed.  Hammies like privacy, dark, and fluffy areas for beds.  I once had a plastic house in one hammie's cage and he put bedding material in it and slept in it every single day of his two and a half year life.  He loved it.

Answer 5

if u think that she's getting bigger and bigger take her to the vet