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[Noodleham]

I clean my hamsters cage for the first time and this is what I found https://ibb.co/93gjCMf
She is a hoarder!!!!!!!

[dancinghammy447]

I mean, yeah. Hamster actually comes from the word "hamstern", which means: to hoard. All hamsters do it and it's natural. Make sure to replace the food with new food though- otherwise she might think a predator broke into her burrows and took all her food!

Edited by dancinghammy447, 01 July 2020 - 08:32 AM.

[Noodleham]

I mean, yeah. Hamster actually comes from the word "hamstern", which means: to hoard. All hamsters do it and it's natural. Make sure to replace the food with new food though- otherwise she might think a predator broke into her burrows and took all her food!

I did not know that! And thanks

[groene]

I did not know that! And thanks

:-) The dutch word for hoarding is hamsteren. It was a term used a lot in the Dutch language news at the start of the lockdown. Albert Heijn, a dutch supermarket, have "hamster weeks". No these are not weeks when you come to the super market, they are weeks when you can get 3 items for the price of 2, so you can hoard. Hamsters are part of their promo campaigns

 

https://www.quotenet.nl/nieuws/a31690347/albert-heijn-doet-hamsters-nog-niet-in-de-ban/

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flookaside.fbsbx.com%2Flookaside%2Fcrawler%2Fmedia%2F%3Fmedia_id%3D1609280182487356&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fahsassenheim%2Fphotos%2Fkoopjesjagers-en-hamsters-opgelet-vandaag-kan-je-tot-1700-uur-bij-ons-terecht-om%2F1609280182487356%2F&tbnid=AvrTiDL-gSJjrM&vet=10CAMQxiAoAGoXChMIqNP60_3d6gIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAY..i&docid=kKIbv7QpzXfzQM&w=960&h=659&itg=1&q=albert%20heijn%20hamsteren&client=firefox-b-e&ved=0CAMQxiAoAGoXChMIqNP60_3d6gIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAY

 

yes, the hoarding is normal, hamster's may have up to four separate areas in their cages where they store food :-)

[~V1]

That's really cool! tnx for sharing!

 

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[Millie~the~Hamster♥️]

Awwww! Millie does the same thing, she usually finishes her food in 1 1/2 days though.