Here is some interesting facts I have found that you should know about hamsters.
- Scientific name Mesocricetus auratus
- Potential life span 2-3 years
- Adult body weight 100-150 grams (Adult females are slightly larger than adult males)
- Desirable environmental
- Temperature range 65-75 F
- Desirable relative
- Humidity range 30-70%
- Recommended age >> at 1st breeding male: 10-14 weeks; female: 6-10 weeks
- Length of estrous (heat) cycle 94 hours
- Gestation (pregnancy) 15 1/2-16 days
- Average litter size 5-10 young
- Age at weaning 3 weeks
Now the real deal
- Hamsters can store food into their cheeks up to 20 % of their body weight.
- Hamsters can run at 2-3 mph for long distances and 5-7 mph for short distances.
- Hamsters can travel about 8 Miles in search of food.
- Hamsters react to their names.
- Hamsters are color blind.
- Hamsters can hear sound in Ultrasonic range.
- Hamsters can dig up to 3 Meters in the wild.
- Hamsters can only see up to 6 Inches in front of them.
- Hamsters can store as much as 38 pounds of grain in a single burrow.
- Hamsters follow path by trails of smell they leave by rubbing their body with things along the path.
- Hamster’s heart beat falls from 400-4 beats per minuet during hibernation state.
- Hamster remembers their relatives.
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