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Why do hamsters run round in a wheel all night2007-11-24 22:19:19

my grandsons hamster comes out of his bed at night and all he does his go run on his wheell all night, surley by now he must know he not going anywhere, then hell come off and bite the cage bars all night as well make no wonder he sleeps all day.

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Hamsters are nocturnal animals - in their natural habitat (the Syrian desert) they only come out of their burrows at night to find food, because most of the predators are asleep. They run in the wheel all night because they have a high metabolism, and if they didn't run off all that energy, they would die even sooner than they naturally do.

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these animals need plenty of exercise and tend to sleep in the day so the result is lots of noise during the night

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Because they're nocturnal lol.

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they are nocturnal creatures. it goes to show you though...they dont want to be caged until they die..dont you think?

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They are nocturnal and need plenty exercise, he chews the bars as he is trying to escape,they don'tlike being locked up, all hamsters are the same, they all do this.

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They are nocturnal and need exercise. Hes running on the wheel cause there is no where else to go. He bites the cage to try and escape. SET HIM FREE to run in the fields.

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They are nocturnal that is why they are active at night.