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

Just in case you ARE serious (well, sillier questions have been asked) - hamsters are NOCTURNAL - meaning they sleep by day and are active by night. The hamster doesn't care he's not going anywhere, he's trying to work off his energy in the absence of space to run around in.

Chalice

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these animals are NOCTURNAL meaning that they most of the times sleep through day time and wake up at night time to excises so its normal that your hamster wants to get on his wheel like at 11pm. my hamsters wake up like at 10:30 pm to run around the cages like crazy people. but you can try to buy one of those soft wheels that don't make a squeaky noise when your hamster is trying to run in them or put cooking oil on the wheel and it will lower the sound if it bothers you at night.

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Because during the day, there are to many people that are around but at night, it is like there is no one, And They Are Nocturnal, So.

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Hamsters need lots of exercise. They usually sleep during the day and wake at night.

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you need to use him as a roll model and exercise instead of sleeping all night

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we have a hamster and it loosened its wheel running

1,put some sawdust under its wheel a nd takeit away inthe morning

2.put put 2or3 empty toilet roll <the cardboard part> inthe cage and hewill be alright our hamster is okay now

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Snap, my Daughter's bites the bars, she had a wheel but we bought her a bigger cage 19-99 in Wilkinson's it has tunnels she now runs up, and down them, she does not use the wheel anymore.Have you got it a ball ? you can buy them in pet shops , you take the top off put the hamster in put the top back on, let the hamster run around the room { mind there are no steps } Ours is in it for about an hour, she goes back in her cage, eats, then bites the bars again !!

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hamsters are nocturnal meaning they sleep during the day and play at night.