Facts about Hamsters
HAMSTERS
Male hamsters tend to live longer than females.
Syrian hamsters come in 40 colours.
Syrians have four toes on the front feet and five on the back feet.
Syrian hamsters have been known to give birth to over 20 pups.
Hamsters can remember their relatives.
Hamsters
Facts on hamsters
Dwarf hamsters live about 1.5 to 2 years but can live to be 4. Female dwarf hamsters can give birth as young as five weeks. This is not recommended though. You should wait until she is at least 3 months old. Campbell's dwarf hamsters are a very new breed. A Female hamster is called a sow. Baby hamsters are called pups
Facts on hamsters
They weren't widely sold as pets until around 1995. Hamsters cannot be spayed or neutered. In order to stop pregnancy, you must separate the male and female. Types of hamsters include Syrian hamsters, which are more commonly referred to as teddy bear hamsters, or the dwarf hamster, which are smaller and always have short hair.
Facts on hamsters
Hamsters come in a variety of sizes, colours, hair lengths and temperaments. Hamsters are trainable and can be taught how to come by name. A hamster's average life span is about 2-3 years but a human year is about 25 hamster years. A Male hamster is called a boar.
Facts
All Syrian hamsters as pets descend from a wild female
Syrian hamster who had a litter of 12 in 1930
Syrian hamsters are considered endangered in the wild
Hamsters can carry half their body weight in their cheek
A Syrian hamsters heart can beat over 300 beats per minute
Hamsters can be taught how to come by name.