What if a Hamsters Wheel is Too Small?
#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}if(zs>0){zSB(3,3)}else{gEI(“spacer”).style.display=’none’;gEI(“sidebar”).style.display=’none’} • Watch Other Users’ Videos • Submit Your Own Video I was recently asked if a hamster would use a wheel that is too small. I suppose some hamsters might refuse a wheel that’s too small, but most have such a strong urge to run they will use a wheel even if it is uncomfortably small. Unfortunately, a back injury can be the unhappy outcome if a hamster over does it on a wheel that is too small. This video shows a hamster using a wheel that is too small: you can tell because the hamsters back is arched too much (on this one, he has to arch his back quite a bit to even fit under the axle). On a wheel that is sized better, the hamster’s back back won’t
