{"id":991,"date":"2022-03-13T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamster-home.com\/?p=991"},"modified":"2022-03-04T13:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:47:20","slug":"how-long-do-hamsters-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamster-home.com\/hamster-medical\/how-long-do-hamsters-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Do Hamsters Sleep? Know If You Should Be Worried Or Not"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Are you worried because your hamster keeps sleeping all day? Being nocturnal animals, hamsters spend most of the day time in sleeping. Naturally, they become active around dusk and after that time. Typically, hamsters sleep around 12-14 hours a day. However, unlike humans, these critters sleep in episodes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Understanding hamsters can be a little tricky, especially for first-time owners. Their way of spending their time is almost entirely different from other pets. Therefore, to take care of your hamster appropriately, you should keep studying them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To understand the sleeping patterns of the hamsters, you need to understand their life in the wild. Just like all the other members of the rodent family, hamsters are prey to many predators like cats, canines, and birds. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, due to evolution, they start becoming after the dark. They prefer spending most of their time in their burrows while the sun is up. It is also the reason behind the better night vision of the hamsters<\/a>. By sleeping in the daytime, hamsters keep themselves out of the reach of daytime predators.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There aren\u2019t any predators in your house, so why does your pet hamster sleeps all day? Simply because your beloved hammy is hard-wired to sleep in the daytime. Although generations have passed, pet hamsters still carry the instincts of their ancestors. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Poly-phasic is a term used to define the sleep-wake patterns of hamsters. <\/strong>It means that hamsters won\u2019t sleep in one go. In fact, they divide their sleep into several naps. As they don\u2019t have to go to the office or school, they simply sleep whenever they feel like sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, there is no argument that hamsters will sleep more during the daytime than the night. This is why you will see your hamster waking up, eating food, and going back to sleep all in one hour. It is pretty normal for the hamsters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now that you have learned that hamsters sleep around 12-14 hours a day, you can better judge the normality of your hamster\u2019s sleep. Some hamsters who suffer from hyperactivity can\u2019t sleep easily. <\/strong>Now, what is hyperactivity? This means that the body of your hamster has more energy than required. A balanced diet <\/a>of hamsters contains nuts which are high-energy foods. An adequate amount of exercise is required to keep your hamster in good shape<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why does this happen? Hyperactivity targets hamsters who don\u2019t get enough physical activity to burn their extra energy.<\/strong> The increase in the energy levels of your hamster makes him restless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As a responsible hamster owner, you should provide adequate means to your hamster to burn excessive energy. <\/strong>For this, you can provide him with a bigger and better cage<\/a> equipped with tubes. Hamsters love racing through the tunnels. This way, he will not only burn unwanted energy but will also remain contended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Moreover, you can also provide your pet with a good wheel<\/a> if he is no longer interested in the old one. <\/strong>Running wheel is the main source<\/a> for burning fat and excessive energy for the hamsters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is also a very crucial concept related to the topic that you must be aware of. When the temperature drops below a certain level, hamsters hibernate in the wild<\/a>. <\/strong>In such a situation, mostly a food shortage occurs, so they save their energy by going to deep sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, pet hamsters are also programmed to hibernate when they feel that their environment is too cold. <\/strong>There\u2019s so slight movement that it is easy to get confused and think that the hamster has died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you feel that your hamster is hibernating, then you are doing something wrong. You should immediately move the cage of your hamster to a warmer place. <\/strong>Don\u2019t directly place him into the sunlight. It can have adverse effects. But ensure the temperature of the room<\/a> where you place your hamster is above 20\u2103. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nHamsters As Nocturnal Animals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Explaining Hamster\u2019s Sleep Patterns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What If Your Hamster Sleeps Less Than Normal?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What To Do?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Hamsters And Hibernation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What To Do?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n