Here is a list of some really awesome facts about Hamsters!
Scientific name Mesocricetus auratus
Potential life span 2-3 years
Adult body weight 100-150 grams (Adult females are slightly larger than adult males)
Desirable environmental
Temperature range 65-75 F
Desirable relative
Humidity range 30-70%
Recommended age
at 1st breeding male: 10-14 weeks; female: 6-10 weeks
Length of estrous (heat) cycle 94 hours
Gestation (pregnancy) 15 1/2-16 days
Average litter size 5-10 young
Age at weaning 3 weeks
Now the real deal
Hamsters can store food into their cheeks up to 20 % of their body weight.
Hamsters can run at 2-3 mph for long distances and 5-7 mph for short distances.
Hamsters can travel about 8 miles in search of food.
Hamsters react to their names.
Hamsters are color blind.
Hamsters can hear sound in the Ultrasonic range.
Hamsters can dig up to 3 Meters in the wild.
Hamsters can only see up to 6 inches in front of them.
Hamsters can store as much as 38 pounds of grain in a single burrow.
Hamsters follow the path by trails of smell they leave by rubbing their body with things along the path.
Hamster’s heartbeat falls from 400-4 beats per minute during the hibernation state.
Hamster remembers their relatives.