Why does my hamster keep twirling in the same place?

Question

I got a roborovski dwarf hamster at petco about 4 days ago and after yesterdays earthquake here in CA, he started twirling around in the same place for hours. Has anyone had this happen?

Answer 1

perhaps because it's in a hamster ball?

LOL

Answer 2

did it get hurt in the earthquake, fall or hit its head or have something fall on it? Maybe it's scared and you can just hold it for a while and see if it calms down.

Answer 3

Because what else does it have to do? After all its a dwarf! Do you know any short people who have fun being their size? I DIDN`T THINK SO!! lol No the truth is that your hamster is retarded.

Answer 4

Not to scare you but my hamster did this once becuase it had a pulled neck muscle.

Another hamster of mine did this because it was blind in one eye.

This could also be totally normal....Maybe he's just playing . I hope he is! :)

Answer 5

Animals understand natural disasters in their own language. Even fishes are known to get very disturbed when a earthquake is about to happen or has happened. Probably he is just a bit stressed out because his natural instinct sounded danger to him. Give him some time and he should be alright and normal. You can relieve his stress a bit by feeding him some treats and keeping him in a dim peaceful place, other than that, he should be fine on his own soon.

Answer 6

mine did that too, and I took her to the doctor. She had a tumour. Yours may suffer from a brainconcusion ( sorry for the misspelling)