Happy Hamsters
Does your pet have good and bad days?Embargoed until 00.01 BST Wednesday 29 July 2015 Hamsters are the ubiquitous childhood pet: cute, cuddly, ready to sink their teeth deep into your finger … But how can you tell if your hamster is happy? And what can you do to improve their wellbeing? Scientists at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have published a study in the journal Royal Society Open Science revealing that hamsters in cages enriched with hammocks, extra bedding, ledges and chews show shifts in their cognition similar to those seen in people when happy. Enriched hamsters