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Why did my healthy Syrian hamster suddenly scream out of nowhere?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Unknown - Small Animal | Female | unspayed

My seemingly happy and healthy hamster made a really weird scream noise out of no where. She lives in a 45 gal. Aquarium and eats regular hamster mix with mini corn on the cob treats. There’s no other animals to stress her out. She’s a Syrian hamster

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on December 21st, 2017

She might have stuck one of her feet in the cage or maybe a wheel if she has one, it could be due to a fall, it's very hard to know. if she is fine now then i wouldn't worry about it but if she seems lethargic or not herself you should take her to the vet to get ti checked.

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