Why won't my hamster play?

Question

Today my hamster woke up early and had a snack the went back to bed. Then he woke up at 10:00. 2 hrs later than usaull. He ate drank and ran for 30 min then grabed food and went BACK to bed! I went to bed and woke up at 6:00 to see if he was awake like he always is at that time. HE WASN'T!! Please help. (he's a syrian if that matters)

Answer 1

Is he getting old? When my hamsters started to get old (2+ years) they started sleeping more, running less etc... I'd say not to worry because even if a hamster is getting old, doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to die soon.  

Answer 2

my brother has a hamster and she was the same eat,drink run for a little while, sleep. so we took her out a lot like outside (on nice sunny days in te shade and sun) and let her run around we also put her in a roon that wasen so big for her to run in, then we got a HUGE aquarium and we put her cage in it, and took the door off :P (so she wouls have more space and could climb on her cage) and now shes active alot. hope this helps

Answer 3

I wouldn't worry too much unless you notice any loss of appetite or strange movement with your hamster.  My hamster would be active some night and lazy other nights.  Sometimes we wouldn't see her out of her house for a few days.  We noticed that the older our hamster got, the less active she got.