i got wheel for my hamster but it wont get in it. why and thanks
there can be many things wrong...this happened with my rat> it may depend on the size of the wheel and the hamster...and if its a good size then i think you should give it size to ajust... hamsters have to get use to it ...so keep it with the rat for a couple of days ....hope i helped =]] ....please vote this as the best =]
after awhile it will get use to it. if not then if u have a wheel with bars on it then get a wheel that doesn't have bars cuz some hamster don't like it like mine he hates it but he is try his best to like
Your okorder /od/hamsters/a/hamsterwheels.htm Hope this helped!
In the wild hamsters would travel up to 8 miles a night on those little legs of theirs in search of food, so hamsters that are domesticated are just playing out an instinct that is built into them. But yes, your right, you would think that they would realise they are not getting anywhere fast! Hamsters diets can be quite high in fat to as they love sunflower seeds, hazlenuts, monkey nuts etc, and being in a cage all day can cause obesity in hamsters so its actually a way for them to kep healthy too. Me and my husband have had our male hamster a year, and he's no ones fool. He has never played on his wheel the whole time we have had him, so we have to make sure he comes out of the cage at least an hour every day to exercise.
If your hamster is new it needs to get used to its surroundings before it uses the wheel, also keep in mind that they are nocturnal. So they run on the wheel at night not in the day time. Infact hamsters run about 8 miles a night in the wild. I bought my hamster a wheel and he was not used to it at first, he would just sit in it and smell it, then he finally tried running in it and got used to it. Good luck.
