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No, guinea pigs have relatively inflexible spines, and those balls force them to curve their back in a way that's painful and dangerous for them.
This is true even of the larger balls that aren't so obviously painful for the pig to even get in, so it's best to just avoid them altogether.
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What should you play with a hamster?
Build forts out of cardboard tubes and tissue boxes. Also put them in those clear balls and roll them around a bit.
What is the size of a guinea pigs brain?
I've read that a hamster's brain is the size of a grape, though I wonder if the person who wrote that is talking about those big, juicy green grapes that look like they're about to explode, or those tiny seedless purple ones. A hamster's heart is probably smaller than it's brain, like in humans. The size of a hamster's organs obviously has something to do with the size of the hamster.
If your guinea pigs have 'bite' marks on their ears do they have mites and can your other pets rats and hamster catch them NEED HELP?
Likely, those bite marks are from fighting with other guinea pigs because that's the only place a guinea pig can bit on. It's very common especially with big litters.
Can you put rats in hamster balls?
depends on the size.if small enough yes it may.*Due the spinal structure of rats, it is unhealthy and possibly damaging for them to be in hamster balls.If you compare the spines of hamsters, gerbils, and guinea pigs to those of rats, you will notice that the hamsters and such allow their spines to naturally rest with a concave curve, matching the curve of the inside of the ball. Rats naturally rest theirs with the opposite curve, it would be unsafe for the rat to be in a hamster ball for an extended period time, especially with the influence to the curvature of its spine the rat's tail would have.
Why does your hamster have two red balls in its but?
Those "balls" are their scent glands. Not their actual reproductive gland, if you know what I mean. Their thingy is hidden inside, until they are ready to mate, you will see it. Which is nasty, and I dnt think you would want to see that :D Hope this helped.
How do hamsters exercise?
By running around their cage, getting put in those hamster balls that roll all over on the floor, and those hamster wheels you can get for inside of cages.Hamsters use there wheels to exercise they play with toys too and love to have lots of space, so they can run around. Hamsters NEED exersise!!!!! Get them a ball to roll in outside of its cage.
My daughter's hamster is ginger and white where it come from?
Your Hamster is most likely to be a syrian hamster as those are the most common colours for a female one.
What can you use for guinea pigs for exercise?
You can buy them one of those wheels that you put in the cage or a ball you put the guinea pig in and it runs around in the house. Ok first of all please do NOT buy a ball. Guinea pigs do not have the spine that a hamster has a ball could injure your guinea pig. Guineas need an hour of exercise daily set up a room for your pigs to run around in or teach them to go up and down the step.
What country did the name hamster come from?
Hamster has its roots in the Slavic languages; i.e. those spoken in Eastern Europe.
What are some guinea pig toys?
I would think something that they can chey on for their teeth.Guinea pig DONT use wheels or those balls to run around in,I learned that the hard way! But i say something to chew on Ok
Do dwarf hamsters shred?
They shred those paper thingies in the hamster cage just like any other hamster.
How long those it take for a hamster to have a baby?
18 years
