NattyNightmare
08-10-2011, 02:11 AM
My Syrian hamster BooBoo was acting very strangely tonight.
What he kept on doing is that he would stuff his cheeks with food (and sometimes some bedding) and would bite on the cage (signifying that he wants out). So therefore I would put him in his ball. Afterwards, he would find a place in the house, dump out the food and bedding from his cheeks, and just sit there. Sometimes he would even run around while the food he dumped out was still in there.
After that, when I try to put him back in his cage, he would just do the same thing again. He would go on his wheel for a little bit but then he would go back to biting on the cage. I even tried putting some lemon on the bars, which usually works with the biting, but he was so determined to get out that it barely even stopped him from biting.
This behavior of his is extremely strange and he hasn't done anything as odd as this before, and I've had him since late June.
I clean out his poop and unwanted substances daily, so that's not an issue. And his wheel is functioning just fine. I don't understand what he could be trying to tell me, and what I should do about it.
Help on this would mean a lot. Thanks!
What he kept on doing is that he would stuff his cheeks with food (and sometimes some bedding) and would bite on the cage (signifying that he wants out). So therefore I would put him in his ball. Afterwards, he would find a place in the house, dump out the food and bedding from his cheeks, and just sit there. Sometimes he would even run around while the food he dumped out was still in there.
After that, when I try to put him back in his cage, he would just do the same thing again. He would go on his wheel for a little bit but then he would go back to biting on the cage. I even tried putting some lemon on the bars, which usually works with the biting, but he was so determined to get out that it barely even stopped him from biting.
This behavior of his is extremely strange and he hasn't done anything as odd as this before, and I've had him since late June.
I clean out his poop and unwanted substances daily, so that's not an issue. And his wheel is functioning just fine. I don't understand what he could be trying to tell me, and what I should do about it.
Help on this would mean a lot. Thanks!