well I got a wheel for my hamster, but it won't use it. is it too fat or lazy or wat?
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a simple way, to see if your hamster uses the wheel (@ all):
make a mark (with a marker or even pencil) and check whether the mark is in a different position, the following morning.
if not, you may have the wrong wheel for your hamster;
the usual 4 to 5 inch wheels are okay for dwarfs, definitely too small for Syrians;
even the largest hamster wheels you can get (7 to 8") are hardly large enough, for a large (female) Syrian.
i eventually got a 12" (rat) wheel for my hamster, even though he sometimes still uses his 7" (XXX) Silent one, when he is too lazy to get into the other cage.
Put your hamster in the wheel and spin the wheel!
You have to turn your lazy hamster to un-lazy hamster!
i agree with the first answer
go to a vet
Do you stay up all night to see if he does? Hamsters are nocturnal animals, they sleep in the daytime.
Probably uses it at night, that's when they're most active. Is it big enough for him?
He may be using the whell, but only when you are sleeping. My hamsters do the same thing they refuse to run on it until I have gone to sleep or I'm not in the room. Your's may just like to exercise in private. Or the whell may be to small.
Some hamsters only like certain kinds of wheels. Some only like the wheels that are fully enclosed and plastic, some like the wire mesh wheels, some like the wire bar wheels, and some like the solid metal wheels.
Also, as everyone else stated, hamsters are nocturnal animals and chances are your hamster is using the wheel when you're not around (ie: sleeping).
Try to listen for squeaking at night.
As stated before, there are different types of wheels. I prefer the plastic ones with the solid running surface. Little hamster legs can get caught and broken in the wire wheels, especially dwarf hamsters. Try a different kind of wheel if you know for sure that he isn't using it a night.
You could try tying some food on to one of the metal bars. a bit heigher than he can reach in front. he will take a step towards the food and it will move and he may find it fun! you never no! other wise u might notice the food gone in the morning this means he is active at night!
it may not like the wheel. i would give it some time to get used to it. if the hamster doesn't then try an exercise ball. if the hamster still doesn't like that then you need to hamster proof a room in your house and let him roam and exlpore. you can get tunnels or make some of your own. go to the nearest pet store and see what they have to offer.
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