Hamster

Behavior adaptation to fixed-interval and fixed-time food delivery in golden hamster

Food-deprived golden hamsters in a large enclosure received food every 30 sec contingent on lever pressing, or free while their behavior was continuously recorded in terms of an exhaustive classification of motor patterns. As with other species in other situations,...

Year Published: 1977Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Anderson, M. C., Shettleworth, S. T. 1977. Behavior adaptation to fixed-interval and fixed-time food delivery in golden hamster. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 25, 33-49.

Sound and its significance for laboratory animals

Several methods of varying accuracy have been used to assess what sounds small laboratory animals such as rodents are capable of hearing. Most rodents can detect sounds from 1000 Hz (the frequency of the Greenwich Time Signal) up to 100000...

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: Chinchilla, Gerbil, Guinea Pig, Hamster, Mole Rat, Mouse, Other Rodent, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Gamble, M. R. 1982. Sound and its significance for laboratory animals. Biological Reviews 57, 395-421.

The rodents II: Suborder Myomorpha

It is good advice to form new groups in clean cages to avoid territorial antagonism resulting from familiar odor cues.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Gerbil, Hamster, Mouse, Other Rodent, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Brown, R. E. 1985. The rodents II: Suborder Myomorpha. In: Social Odours in Mammals, Volume 1. Brown, R. E. , MacDonald, D. W. (eds). Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK.

Laboratory Hamsters

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: van Hoosier, G. L. , McPherson, C. W. 1987. Laboratory Hamsters. Academic Press, Orlando, FL.

Body temperature rhythm and response to pyrogen in exercising and sedentary hamsters

Placement into empty cage of another hamster results in a significant increase in body temperature.

Year Published: 1990Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Conn, C. A., Borer, K. T., Kluger, M. J. 1990. Body temperature rhythm and response to pyrogen in exercising and sedentary hamsters. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 22, 636-642.

Effects of housing on social preference and behaviour in male golden hamsters (Mesocericetus auratus)

One strange male was introduced into a group of 4 littermates in a barren 5-chamber cage without preliminaries, and left with the stimulus animals for about 46 h. ... The hamsters showed an overall preference for being with conspecifics and...

Year Published: 1990Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Arnold, C. E., Estep, D. Q. 1990. Effects of housing on social preference and behaviour in male golden hamsters (Mesocericetus auratus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 27, 253-261.

Resource location and structural properties of the nestbox as determinants of nest-site selection in the golden hamster

Dark nest boxes were preferred over transparent nest boxes.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Ottoni, E. B., Ades, C. 1991. Resource location and structural properties of the nestbox as determinants of nest-site selection in the golden hamster. Animal Learning and Behavior 19, 234-240.

Cage enrichment for hamsters housed in suspended wire cages

Golden Syrian hamsters (n=99) were housed individually in suspended wire cages so that spilled food and excreta could be removed. After 8 days, the hamsters developed bizarre aggressive behavior which consisted of growling, hissing, aggressive posturing toward humans, destruction of...

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: McClure, D. E., Thomson, J. I. 1992. Cage enrichment for hamsters housed in suspended wire cages. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 31(4), 33 (Abstract).

Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management and Welfare – Chapter on Small Species: Gerbils and Hamsters

GERBILS are generally docile creatures, which are easily handled and rarely bite. They are generally very active, and when approached, they will resist being caught. Normally they exhibit exploratory behaviour in new surroundings, and if loose they do not hide...

Year Published: 1994Animal Type: Gerbil, Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Wolfensohn, S. , Lloyd, M. 1994. Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management and Welfare - Chapter on Small Species: Gerbils and Hamsters. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Laboratory caging preference in golden hamsters (Mesocericetus auratus)

Most hamsters preferred the solid floored cage with litter, but prolonged experience on wire led to a wire floored cage preference in 40% of these animals. ... Perhaps [many] hamsters find nothing natural about plastic cages with [corn-cob] litter bedding,...

Year Published: 1994Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Arnold, C. E., Estep, D. Q. 1994. Laboratory caging preference in golden hamsters (Mesocericetus auratus). Laboratory Animals 28, 232-238.