Editing Hamster (section)

===Feeding===
A behavioral characteristic of hamsters is [[Hoarding (animal behavior)|food hoarding]]. They carry food in their spacious cheek pouches to their underground storage chambers. When full, the cheeks can make their heads double, or even triple in size.<ref name="Fox"/> Hamsters lose weight during the autumn months in anticipation of winter. This occurs even when hamsters are kept as pets and is related to an increase in exercise.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0090253 |pmid=24603871 |pmc=3946023 |title=Effect of Exercise on Photoperiod-Regulated Hypothalamic Gene Expression and Peripheral Hormones in the Seasonal Dwarf Hamster Phodopus sungorus |journal=PLOS ONE|volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=e90253 |year=2014 |last1=Petri |first1=Ines |last2=Dumbell |first2=Rebecca |last3=Scherbarth |first3=Frank |last4=Steinlechner |first4=Stephan |last5=Barrett |first5=Perry |bibcode=2014PLoSO...990253P |doi-access=free  | issn = 1932-6203}}</ref>