Why does my hamster keep nibbling on a water bottle?
I have a hamster, he is 18 weeks old, he is an albino and she just nibbles on the bottle of rum the whole time and really isn't doing anything else. She is in the wheel too, of course, but she mostly just nibbles on her bottle and I don't know what to do anymore.
As already mentioned, ist a drinking bottle absolutely unsuitable. They drink in an unnatural position and can only hard erase their thirst. Better take a water bowl and put it on a fixed base (not on the scatter). As long as you do not fill more than 1cm deep water, there is no problem.
To this end, this is a clear behavioral sensitivity. The goat is too small and your hamster is probably boring. Please inform yourself as soon as possible and enlarge the enclosure. The minimum is 100×50×50 for each hamster type. These measurements are the smallest one should offer.
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Doesn’t she have enough room? How big is the cage? Does she have other hiding options and climbing options apart from the girl? Water is better to be poured out of a bowl. Lots of fresh food such as cucumber or paprika should be present and hay. Maybe she has it with her teeth. But the TA can only say that. She should also have natural help to crack.
So I don’t think she has enough space now she doesn’t have such a big cage so I don’t mean that she has a mini small she has naturally also hidden possibilities and fresh food she has just the interested just the bottle and just doesn’t make anything else except to crawl around
When you get animals, you should be able to inform yourself exactly! Hamster is not kept in cages they need at least!!! a terrarium, cradle etc of 120 cm length and 60 cm width. But these are only minimum dimensions, larger is always better. To this end, a lot of at least 30 cm high and a varied and hamster-friendly facility.
Maybe this is still happening today. Is there still water in there?
Yes
You better remove the bottle. It is absolutely unsuitable for any animal. The animals do not get enough water, have this metallic taste forever, and remain in a position that is not good for their body. Use a heavy water bowl (heavy so that the hamster can’t care about it). Then the problem has settled.
First, replace the bottle with a small bowl, because bottles are unsuitable: funny position, rapid germ formation, hardly good way to quench the thirst…
The crumbling and also licking on the water bottle or also the water bowl are behavioral vulnerabilities. You say you don’t have a big cage? Cage cage? That’s it. Too little space, not a suitable walk, probably a very boring home for the hamster.
Please inform yourself correctly on the posting for example on Diebrain.de
The enclosure should not be a cage, but an aquarium/nagarium, at least 100x50cm tall, but that’s not enough for any hamster. A good hamster hoe is a square meter or larger! In addition 25-30cm, multi-chamber house and large impeller without sprouts. Then sand bath, other hideouts, adventure food such as millet or flax and of course good food, which is only available online at food crows or food paradise. The food is distributed in the enclosure.
With a good attitude, a hamster doesn’t.