One moment your hamster looks perfectly normal; the next, it appears to have doubled the size of its face. For many owners, it is one of the most amusing parts of keeping these tiny pets. Yet those ...

If you’re new to the world of pocket pet parenthood, you might be questioning, ‘‘How long can a hamster go without food?’ We’d love to put them in the best hamster cage and spend all day with them, ...

If you have young children, chances are you get weekly, if not daily, requests for a pet. While a family cat or dog is a right of passage for many, it can be a lot of responsibility for children who ...

Hamsters can stuff their cheeks with up to 20% of their body weight. Most of the time, they fill their cheeks with food, but sometimes mother hamsters store their babies in their cheeks for protection ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hamsters, the rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, have long ...

Those of you (all three of you) who follow this blog know that Saturday is Caturday, and Caturday mornings are reserved for silly animal videos (primarily cat videos), in the hopes that watching these ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hamsters make excellent pets, as they can become extremely attached to ...