awwww...need to separate them d...
might be badly wounded if keep staying long...

Just curious , my little winter gold hamster , she will suddenly squeek by herself as if got ppl disturb her but her cagemate not even near her. Or else if she running at wheel , my winter white pearl hamster come and run opposite direction , she will be angry and squeek like as if she shouting D:.


Butt sniffer , chip , strike 3 , and still rejected. He dont harm them though , but when he tries to 'ride' them , they will marah marah and go squeek frenzy on him!

This post has been edited by ix3Rukia: Aug 5 2011, 12:09 AM

lol same goes to my female Sapphire...she always squeek2 even though the other hamster just want to sleep beside her...she assumes that whenever any hamster is on top of her, she will thinks that the hamster want to attack her...if she squeek like 5seconds(estimate) she will pee a bit..if she peed, she will lick it(euww yucks )

my male Sapphire eats mealworms like eating choki-choki la he will bites off the mealworm heads then will eats everything except the skin...

This post has been edited by noruddin: Aug 5 2011, 11:16 PM

lol... that's y i love hamster... each has it's own personality... i remember the pet shop worker told me, their dwarf hamster start with juz a pair... 1 named Dancer and 1 named Flip

Dancer bcoz he like to stand up and do knee bend, look like dancing
Flip bcoz she like to flip

now the kids, they either flipper or dancer... hehehehe...

@hublee91: please take out one of your hamster immediately, winter whites can do well alone.. and even if they can be with other hamsters, they do well only in pairs not so much in groups actually unless introduced when young.. only robos are easy to be in groups

@ix3Rukia: happens to my dogs too. male wanna ride, female start growling

@noruddin: don't feed too much mealworms, i read before that they actually cause digestive problems

@omara86: well as long as their siblings dont mate each other.. if so their offsprings are from inbreeding which can cause genetic mutation and deformed physical features

i going to adopt a pair of ww from a forumer. 2 males. well will they cause problem like u both said? they are brothers i assume.

first time on ww. i get 1 syrian last time. advises ya =)

if they grew up together then it should't be a prob..
but observe then just incase...
but i think they r gonna be ok...

there is higher chance than siblings reared from young will do well together
just monitor to be safe

sibling mating...is it good? or will the babies have defects?

never ever have inbreeding (siblings mate with siblings, parents mate with siblings etc)

will result in defects

In which defects?

Some cases where the babies dun hav 1 eye, no ears.. Some will hav physical defect, some will hav low life span...

Last time my old hamster born wif less 1 leg, rear right missing... Dunno why... Mayb the pet shop sell the siblings to me... I juz asked for diff gender..

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Added on August 6, 2011, 7:46 pmJuz bought a rack to place all my tanks & cages.. Will upload pic later...

This post has been edited by omara86: Aug 6 2011, 07:46 PM

Damages on my wallet today:

The rack - RM130
3 x glass tank - RM15 x 3 = RM45
2 x 8" wheel - RM16 x 2 = RM32
wooden house - RM7

@maksevrod: eyes can go missing. physical defects are common.
in lions, cause they were place together in conservation areas, it was found that their sperm cannot swim in a normal "8" shape anymore cause they all kept in same place so mate with each other

@omara, your cages look so small, syrians need 2ft tanks to themselves, how big is each cage??

No budget for bigger tank, will upgrade again later.. Current is 8" x 12"... Will upgrade to 12" x 18" in few weeks.. Budget limited.. Raya coming soon, hehehhehe...

hi, seniors!!! i bought 2 cages for them, 1 for Didi n 1 for Sampat, just in case they really cannot be together.

So, 1st of all, plan A is to get them together

Plan B is to seperate them totally.

So to start plan A,what should I dO?

My suggestion is:

Prepare a cage without any sense at all, with brand new bedding.

Introduce them slowly, put them in together, see their reaction.
If they tend to fight, try to separate them and introduce them again.
They should be ok after few times attempts.

If not, separate them for good.

@omara, chill take things slow...yea raya coming soon understand...
at least ur having progress good job...

@hublee91, yea follow what cyberheross said...try it

But i'm afraid if Didi gets injured in a short fight. Should I be brave to try it??

More info : They are both MALE winter whites, Didi is brown in color, Sampat is gray in color.

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