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rosie · 08-13-2008, 12:36 AM

We have a long haired syrian hamster male, around 5 months old called Jerry. We've had him since he was 4 weeks old, he is very tame and gets played with at least 4-5 times a week.
He used to go in his wheel a lot, but he doesn't seem interested in it any more. He walks near it, sniffs it and walks away. I'm used to waking up in the night and hearing him, but I haven't heard him running in his wheel for about a week. I know it i still possible he is going in it but at least not as much as he used to go in it.
We took him away with us 2 weeks ago for a week in his usual cage and it seemed to disorientate him a little (he started going to the toilet in the wrong area) but he still definitely was going in his wheel.

Is this 'normal' or do you think there might be something wrong?

08-13-2008, 12:36 AM
rosie Newborn Pup Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3	Stopped going in wheel We have a long haired syrian hamster male, around 5 months old called Jerry. We've had him since he was 4 weeks old, he is very tame and gets played with at least 4-5 times a week. He used to go in his wheel a lot, but he doesn't seem interested in it any more. He walks near it, sniffs it and walks away. I'm used to waking up in the night and hearing him, but I haven't heard him running in his wheel for about a week. I know it i still possible he is going in it but at least not as much as he used to go in it. We took him away with us 2 weeks ago for a week in his usual cage and it seemed to disorientate him a little (he started going to the toilet in the wrong area) but he still definitely was going in his wheel. Is this 'normal' or do you think there might be something wrong?