25 Facts About Hamsters

With proper care and attention, a hamster can live to be 2 to 3 years old.

Since hamsters are nocturnal, they naturally sleep more during the day and are more active at twilight. Don’t wake them up to play. Instead, plan your interactions for late afternoon or early evening after they’ve had their proper rest.

Hamsters generally enjoy the companionship of their pet parent and love to be let out of their habitat to play. Enhance their fun by constructing a maze for them to navigate, getting a hamster ball or putting them in a safe, enclosed area with hamster toys.

Hamsters are intelligent creatures who can even learn their name. If you talk to your hamster and use their name frequently enough to get them used to hearing it, they might even learn to come when called.

A hamster’s teeth are constantly growing. To keep them at their healthy, length, provide plenty of chew toys and chew sticks to help naturally wear them down.

Hamsters tend to keep their habitats tidy, generally relieving themselves in one or two specific corners, making it easy to litter box train them or at least scoop out soiled bedding every day to keep their spaces clean.