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Post by Hamsters82 on Aug 15, 2007 23:43:59 GMT -4
I just thought of this today and can't remember if anyone else asked this question before. But Chewie was resting on my bed next to me. His eyes weren't closed, but he was in la-la land. So I got to wondering: do hamsters dream?
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Post by Andrea on Aug 16, 2007 17:33:15 GMT -4
I would think they do, I mean dogs do so why not hamsters? My dog has funny dreams, she barks real low in her sleep sometimes
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Aug 16, 2007 19:49:41 GMT -4
I can only guess they have rudimentary associations about things that happened to them during the day. Do they have REM sleep? I can't find anything online about this other than more speculations. Ever watch Chewie sleep? If there are no external stimuli to disturb him and everything is quiet and calm - and yet he still twitches and moves in odd ways - I would assume that is a form of sleep.
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Post by Hamsters82 on Aug 16, 2007 22:35:35 GMT -4
Thanks guys. My brother said yes too that they dream. When I can I do watch Chewie sleep. He moves sometimes but I think it's because he hears a sound.
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Post by hamwolf89 on Aug 17, 2007 0:03:47 GMT -4
Chewie was resting on my bed next to me. His eyes weren't closed, but he was in la-la land. I call that to cute!
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Aug 17, 2007 0:48:44 GMT -4
Thanks guys. My brother said yes too that they dream. When I can I do watch Chewie sleep. He moves sometimes but I think it's because he hears a sound. Try and see if he ever moves with NO external stimuli.
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Post by pinky on Aug 18, 2007 18:37:36 GMT -4
If there are no external stimuli to disturb him and everything is quiet and calm - and yet he still twitches and moves in odd ways - I would assume that is a form of sleep. Pinky used to sleep in a hand towel, and at times I could pull the towel back and watch him sleep. There were times that he would twitch big time, his ears would move, and, at times, he would "snore" (make a little high-pitched sound each time he breathed--this happened when he slept curled up so that the top of his head was on the towel and his nose was squished). I definitely think that he dreamed!
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