A hamster which suffered a prolapsed cheek pouch is doing well after undergoing surgery. Mr Pickles was handed into RSPCA Derby where officers found he had the condition, which can be caused in ...

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 ...

Hamster cheeks' are essentially a colloquial term for sagging skin on the face. With age and lack of proper care, this can ...

of its length became bright red. The flat tip of the heated rod was immediately applied to the everted cheek pouch of the hamster under anesthesia. Application of the rod for more than thirty ...

Storing food and supplies quickly is a natural instinct for hamsters. In the wild, they forage for food and bedding material, which they stuff into their cheek pouches to bring back to their burrows.