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!
yes, all hamsters store food in there cheeks.(p.s. i know because i have one!).
Some hamsters have big cheeks due to their natural behavior of food hoarding. They have specialized pouches in their cheeks where they can store food to carry back to their nests or burrows. This behavior helps them survive in the wild by allowing them to store and save food for later consumption.
Hamsters can hoard food in their cheek pouches. That's why you see their cheeks so stuffed!
All hamsters have pouches located right where the cheeks would be. The opening to the pouch is located in the mouth so that is why a hamster would be spitting out food and placing big pieces of food in their mouth.
they keep some in their cheeks like hamsters
it means you can fit more food in your mouth. Or it means your fat!
They are related to tortises and dinosaurs
Hamsters got there name from the German word "hamstern" meaning to store or hoard. This was a result of their distinctive ability to stash food in their cheeks.
hamsters got their name from a German word hamstern which means to hoard and hoard means to pouch food in your mouth and then eat it later
Sugar is bad for hamsters because it will create a mold inside its cheeks when it stores the sugary food inside there. They can eat it in small doses.
Hamsters have large cheek pouches that can't be seen when they are empty. But they will fill these with food so they can transport it all back to their nest in one go.
they are supposed to be a little wide there cheeks should be.