My hamster is crazy?!?

Question

he keeps climbing up the sides of of his cage and most of the time i am not there to help him down....will he learn that it hurts to fall about 8 inches?? or will h keep doing it over and over again? i just got him today so its all new to him.....

Answer 1

ummm yah he is fine my hamster that just died use to do that and he wa always okay i meen he fell of corse but noooo your hamster is just having fun! Hamsters love climbing and that is what they do ley him have fun wit it =]!

And no my hamster did not die from climbing on his cage walls

any one that can help read this i need your help :

i don't really no how he (my hamster) died the for about 4 dayz before he died he stoped going on his wheel as much as he did and he did not move around that much but he did still move and stuff and then the day he died he did not move around at night and he just moved  from on corner to another and slept and then he went into his little house thing and did not move the rest of the night and then the next day i went to feed him and he did not crawl out of his plastic hamster house bed thing to eat his food like always does and then i picked up his bed thing and did not move and then i just thought oh my god he might be dead what if he is dead and i just droped the thing and just moved so that i could see his face and and he looked so cute and his eyes were closed and i just started crying my heart out and thought how could he be dead :(!!!! Ummm so i think he was like 1 1/2 years, so if you have any idea what happened let me know! and by the way i fed him and gave him fresh water every day

Answer 2

LOL...He'll probly keep doing it unless your hamster is smarter then mine was!! We had a Teddy bear hampster he was soo big and all he did was climb his cage. Then he learned how to open it... : / Ummm maybe he'll learn if not..then it might not hurt that much!! perhaps if you have a ball for it or are able to handle it more it wont get as bored as it does to climb and fall over and over again!!

good luck!

Answer 3

He will probably keep doing it. My hamsters used to do it all the time. Im guessing out of boredom.

Answer 4

He's just having fun. Hamsters love to climb. I use to have two and now I have mice ! Be sure to supply them with some toys and things to climb on or a toilet paper roll to chew ! They love them. But yeah, its normal... he should learn to make his way back down or maybe he'll just jump !! But he'll be fine !

Answer 5

Mine do it all the time, too. It either doesn't hurt or they don't remember. I think they're fine, though.

Answer 6

Haha my hamster always did that. Except he'd climb up and outside of the cage and then jump down 3 feet from my dresser, go in the corner of my closet and play this game with me all day. I'd always put cheese and snacks outside my closet before I went to school and when I got home they'd be gone. Then I'd always find my hamster in the corner of my closet with cheese and snacks.

Answer 7

Let him out for a run in the bathroom. And keep in mind, to a hamster, eight inches is like three feet for you, plus all the fur and shavings for cushioning. I wouldn't worry about it.

If you don't want to put him in the bathroom you can let him out in an excercise ball or use tubes to connect another cage. I did this with my hamster and he loves going back and forth. Also make sure he has a wheel and it is working correctly. Hamsters love excercising.

and not that it's okay to try it or anything, but Pauly survived a thirty foot fall once. It's hard to hurt a hamster. I'm serious. He went in my heating vent and fell down the pipe into the basement, where he spent three days in the furnace before we found the poor thing.  : (

Answer 8

Like you said its all new to him. He is just having fun! But maybe if he feel that would teach him a lesson!

Answer 9

my hamster used to do that to, but after a while once he got used to his new home he just stopped. I think they are just checking out everything and he will most likely stop sooner or later