Are hamsters friendly

Answer 1

Hamsters defend them selves by trying to scare you like scratching but when you grab a hamster they nibble on your hand but just for a while to taste your hand then it stops and you have total control over it and hamsters will bite you when they really need to.

Answer 2

This depends highly on how the hamster has been brought up in its first few weeks of living, the hamsters individual temprements or who his or her parents are. All hamsters can be trained to be friendly, caring animals. :) If you are tlaking about hamsters attacking each other, this is popular between syrian hamsters, and they should NEVER be kept together when they are adult, after a few weeks having been alive. This is because they are terrotorial animals and like there own space. However, Dwarf hamsters are much happier living in groups of 2 or 3, but make sure the cage is big enough to house all of them comfortably.

Answer 3

No!! Hamsters are not true hibernators. Hamsters like to be in the range of 65 75 degree Fahrenheit. If the temperature drops below 40 degrees Fahrenheit they may go into a temporary hibernating state. This temporary hibernating state is called torpor: Torpor is a form of dormancy that is very similar to hibernation. But the difference between hibernation and torpor is how long the animals sleep times vary and how much the animal's bodies slow down. Torpor is a state of regulated hypothermia in an Endotherm: An Endotherm is an animal that is capable of maintaining its body temperature above the temperature of the external environment. Torpor may last just a few hours but usually no more than a day. Some mammals that live through cold periods when food is hard to find especially very small mammals have the ability to let their body temperature drop. Hamsters can go into this hibernating state and they have retained the ability to do so in captivity.

A true hibernation is a state of dormancy that allows an animal to conserve energy during the winter months when food is in short supply. During hibernation animals slow their metabolism to a very low level, this allow them to use their energy reserves stored as body fat at a much slower rate.

If you have a hibernating hamster in this sleeping (torpor) state it may appear that all life is extinct in the hamster and it may appear to be life-less (dead). It will not respond to sound, handling or touching. A hibernating hamster will curl up into a ball in the nest, this is to conserve heat in the abdominal region. You will be able to pick the hamster up without him knowing it, and will not wake up on handling. But close observation will reveal the hamster's whiskers (vibrissae) are still twitching. The hamster still has to breath when in torpor, although very very slowly this can be seen on close observation. The hamster must be aroused by slowly warming and gentle handling and stroking. After the arousal period it may be noted that hamster will be little groggy and trembling this will last only for a very short time.I hope your hamster wont habernate like my did ): but i hope i helped you.

Answer 4

Yes. Usually fights between the same gender are more likely to occur, but males and females still do fight. Your best choice if the two hamsters are fighting is to give one up, or get a second cage, because one of them will kill the other.

Answer 5

In the wild, rabbits and hamsters are not naturally in the same area. However, a pet rabbit may attack a hamster if it hasn't been trained at a young age to not do so. Rabbits aren't usually too violent and tend to get along with animals of other species.

Answer 6

The 2 inch ones are not but the 4 inch one are nice.

Answer 7

Well my cat attacks anything that moves.