Roborovski hamster
phodopus roborovskii latin

The smaller Roborovski hamster often lives to three years in captivity.

They are completely weaned after three weeks, or four for Roborovski hamsters.

The gestation period of Roborovski hamsters is usually 22 days, but can be up to 30.

In the wild, Roborovski hamsters are crepuscular, being most active at dawn and dusk.

Currently, ten variations of Roborovski hamsters are confirmed.

Roborovski hamsters do not particularly take to eating the pellets found in most common retail hamster foods.

Roborovski hamsters are great climbers, like other hamsters.

Although claimed to be hypoallergenic, Roborovski hamsters have been associated with the development of asthma in previously asymptomatic owners.

Roborovski hamster, the smallest and fastest breed of Hamster.

The Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii) is extremely small and fast, making it difficult to keep as a pet.

The female Roborovski hamster can bite an owner if she is handled while she is heavily pregnant.

Roborovski hamsters are known to sleep in their wheels, especially in wheels with banked edges.

Roborovski hamsters, being fast, agile, and naturally timid or shy, are generally recommended as "look but don't touch" pets.

As they rarely bite, Roborovski hamsters may make good pets for owners who enjoy interactive play (in which the hamster explores its owner).

Bamboo rats and Roborovski hamsters were filmed in subterranean burrows with glass side panels in a studio set.

Roborovski Hamster (Phodopus roborovskii) are the smallest of all hamsters commonly kept as pets.

Djungarian hamsters tend to have slightly smaller litters, as do Chinese and Roborovski hamsters.

Roborovski hamsters live in and around Russia's deserts and the adjacent territories of Kazakhstan, and northern China.

Roborovski hamsters may reach sexual maturity as early as five weeks, but usually do not breed until five months after they are born, usually in early spring.

Roborovski hamsters live in the wild around the Gobi Desert, throughout Mongolia's desert steppe and parts of northern China.

The average lifespan for the Roborovski hamster is three years, though this is dependent on living conditions (extremes being four years in captivity and two in the wild).

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As light may sometimes disturb them, red lights are recommended to allow an owner to view the hamsters without disturbing them; Roborovski hamsters are unable to see red light.

Roborovski hamsters remain underground in winter and survive in that season by stockpiling some food in warmer weather and storing it in special food chambers within their burrow system.

In Tuva, Campbell's dwarf hamster has been found living with other hamsters such as the Chinese striped hamster, the roborovski hamster and the long-tailed dwarf hamster.