What a hamster lacks in eyesight she makes up for with her keen sense of smell. This is a European hamster - the largest of the family This is why you should always approach your hamster from the front, so it can see you coming. You might simply be wanting to pick up your pet, but the hamster interprets it as a potential attack. In the wild this is a defence against birds, and pet hamsters have the same reaction to human hands hovering above them. This makes them very entertaining to watch - and they are sufficiently fat and furry to avoid hurting themselves in the tumble.Ī hamster that detects movement from above will flip onto its back so that it can defend itself with it's feet and teeth. This poor eyesight does not prevent them from climbing fearlessly up the sides of their enclosures - or shelving and curtains, if they're outside the cage - and they come down again by the simple but alarming ploy of simply letting go. They appear to lack any perception of depth and distance, which is why a hamster who trundles across a solid surface will plunge from the edge with no apparent sense of how far the fall might be. They don't have great eyesight, though, as you'll soon notice by their vague and unfocused stare. Hamsters are most active at dawn and dusk, and their large eyes reflect this fact. This enables them to forage away from their burrow and carry back lots of the food they find. They have special pouches which can expand as far out as their shoulders. One of the most famous characteristics of hamsters is their ability to stuff loads of food into their cheeks.
This helps keep the hamster warm in cold environments. The tail, ears and feet are covered in a fine fur and the rest of the body is covered in a much thicker fur. The compact and beautifully adapted hamster
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