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It is to store their food. Well in the dessert they have to scurry from hungry animals, And they aren't big enough to carry their food in their hands, they can't just spend 15 min outside in the dessert with hungry animals smelling them. They gotta grab their goods and scurry back to their hiding spot under ground where their safe, ;) that's why, it's their way of conserving food
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoIts their instinct, that is how they store food in the wild. So, they do it to survive, not really. That's all I got.
Hamster usually keep its food in their cheeks its because whenever they'r hungry they(hamsters)will just swallow their food(its original)
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∙ 13y agoIt is a hoarding instinct, which evolved in wild hamsters. The hamster would leave its nest to forage, which may involve travelling a considerable distance. Rather than having to eat everything it finds, or constantly carry things back to the nest, they stored the food in their cheeks so they could continue to forage and carry it home in one go.
This instinct remains in a pet hamster, and it will tend to fill its pouches with food to transport back into its sleeping area.
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∙ 16y agoHamsters need cheek pouches because its for carrying food and the females need them for carrying new born hamsters too. Hope this helps :)
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∙ 14y agoNo they don't, however if the baby has strayed from the nest they may pick it up and carry it by their mouth.
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∙ 11y agoYes , hamsters do store food on their cheeks . So , whenever you see your hamsters cheeks get bigger don't worry it's normal , they just storing food for later when they get hungry (:
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∙ 14y agothey are probably just eating stored food and are spiting out seed shells and other things they don't need in their mouth. my hamsters do it all the time
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∙ 12y agoHamsters carry food in their cheek pouches to store it in their underground storage chambers. Saving their food for another time
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∙ 7y agoYes, hamsters do have cheek pockets.
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Do hamsters eat their babies when they put it in their check pouches?
No because the mother hamster is taking the baby hamsters to a safer place.
What does it mean when your hamster is hiding food in the corner of his or her cage?
That's completely normal. Also, they don't hide all of it. The hamsters put some of the food in their cheek pouches (hamsters have little pouches in their cheeks that the hamsters like to store food in for later, and they spew it back out later to eat). The stuff that the hamsters hide is food storage. Usually the hamster will just pick one corner and put it all there, but sometimes the hamsters will use the whole cage area to hide it in.
How much food can a hamster store in its cheek pouches?
I don't really know how much food they can put in their cheek pouches, but i do know that they can hold up to 20 pounds of food.
What does it mean when a hamster's cheeks are big?
It's not their actual shoulders puffing up, it is their food pouches! Hamsters store food in these pouches, also known as their cheeks. They will save food for later, and when their pouches are full it almost makes it look like their shoulders are puffy!
Why do hamsters have pouches?
Hamsters have pouches to keep food in them. Also if they want to move there bedding around the cage, they will put saw dust or bedding in there mouths and will arrange the cage how they like, this is a good thing because you will no when they are settled because they will stop moving all there bedding/ sawdust around. :-)
Can to female hamsters be put together?
never ever put syrian or dwarf hamsters cannot be put together because they fight but boys and girls do not (but they have babies obviously!) they fight and it can lead to death!!! :(so dont do it!!! Edit: Actually, male and female hamsters will also fight in between mating and the male will eat the babies or stress out the mother so much that she will eat them. Hamsters are solitary creatures by nature and so it is best to keep them apart once they aren't babies anymore.
Do hamsters fight when you put them in the cage when their siblings since there babies?
No, because they've known each other ever since they were babies.
How do you make hamsters?
You put a male and a female together. Take the male out after a few hours, and your female will have babies.
Does the male hamster have to be around when female hamster having a babies?
Do not put the male around the female! Some male hamsters eat the babies, I'm not kidding.
What should i do I am getting to hamsters if they mate and she has babies should i get them out of the cage immediately so she doesn't eat them?
If she does have babies, take the male out so she WON'T eat them. She may get stressed. Also, don't get the baby hamsters out of the cage. They will probably die, and if you put them back in the cage, the mother hamster may eat them. Just watch the baby hamsters and the mother hamster. Hope this helped. DON'T TAKE THE BABIES OUT OF THE CAGE!!!!! With out the mom the babies will die. And if you put the babies back before they die she will eat them. Besure to take the male out yhe cage. If she feels like here babies are indangered she will eat them.good luck.
How do you avoid male hamsters without killing their babies?
Dont disturb her....leave her be. when she had her babies she will nurse them and take care of them. Also if its her first time she might eat the babies because she has no expierence and in the second time she will know what to do. so dont worry if she eats her babies because she might get pregnant again and she wont eat her babies.
Why cant you put the boy hamster back with the mom when she alredy had the babies?
hamsters will sometimes eat their babies so therefore it would be safer for the young until they have grown more.
