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Ria P · 12-19-2021, 02:23 AM

Relax.

Your hamster probably had a nightmare and screeched in his sleep. Dwarf hamsters especially are able to screech quite loudly. I got alarmed and worried too the first time i heard it.
Don't feel like you are a bad owner. He's a very lucky hamster to have a caring human companion like you.

As for the water. Why don't you put the bowl on top of his house, a shelf or somewhere away from the substrate. I'd also give him a bottle as well because hamsters should have two sources of water in case one fails.

Hoarding food is perfectly normal hamster behaviour. That's what hamsters do. They forage for food, eat some but pouch most of it to add to their hoards to snack from later.

You say that you give your hamster sweets. What kind of sweets are they? Anything fruit and honey based is best avoided because dwarfs are prone to diabetes but there are other and healthier treats. Just because dwarfs are prone to diabetes doesn't mean that your hamster is going to get it because he had a few sweets so don't worry unnecessarily.

12-19-2021, 02:23 AM
Ria P House of Hamsters Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,103	Re: My hamster was screaming in the morning Relax. Your hamster probably had a nightmare and screeched in his sleep. Dwarf hamsters especially are able to screech quite loudly. I got alarmed and worried too the first time i heard it. Don't feel like you are a bad owner. He's a very lucky hamster to have a caring human companion like you. As for the water. Why don't you put the bowl on top of his house, a shelf or somewhere away from the substrate. I'd also give him a bottle as well because hamsters should have two sources of water in case one fails. Hoarding food is perfectly normal hamster behaviour. That's what hamsters do. They forage for food, eat some but pouch most of it to add to their hoards to snack from later. You say that you give your hamster sweets. What kind of sweets are they? Anything fruit and honey based is best avoided because dwarfs are prone to diabetes but there are other and healthier treats. Just because dwarfs are prone to diabetes doesn't mean that your hamster is going to get it because he had a few sweets so don't worry unnecessarily.