With all that said, that doesn’t mean they won’t use an auditory form of communication too. They even use sign language to a small extent when conversing with others. They can display a range of emotions that include being: happy, afraid, threatened, curious, startled, angry, and many other emotions. Hamsters use body language much as we do. These behaviors are aided by visual cues in the way of body language. Additionally, their scent glands are used to mark territory and attract a mate when the time is right. Mother hamsters can smell their own babies and often know if there is a baby in her litter that doesn’t belong to her. By smelling each other’s scent glands, they can find out if the other is a male or female if they are related and possibly even know the exact individual they are smelling. These nonverbal cues include: sending off chemical messages through their scent glands and displaying different types of body language to non verbally show how they are feeling. Since they don’t speak words, they have to rely mainly on nonverbal cues to communicate with one another or with you. Hamsters communicate for various reasons, including saying hello, telling another to back off, or even for finding a boyfriend or girlfriend to mate with. Like all animals, hamsters can communicate with one another and with you, the pet owner.
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