Another hamster question - Page 2

MUMMIBOO · 28-09-2007, 09:18

My 6 year old son Jacks hamster died yesterday well we think it was a couple of days ago but we only found her yesterday! he was really upset we buried katie in the garden and then he was ok and we had to go out and get another, most of his time is spent trying to think of a new name for his new pet thats a girl but he wanted a boy so its getting a boys name!! Bless.

WillowTheWhisp · 28-09-2007, 09:20

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Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

My understanding of hampsters is that 2 males rarely do well together.

That's 'normal' hamsters Brian. We had this discussion a little while ago and it got quite dramatic at times. We don't want to go upsetting Less again do we?

Lindsays hamsters are Russian dwarfs. There are 3 main types of dwarf hamster and they are very different from the Syrian or Golden hamsters. One really big difference is that whereas the Syrians are solitary individuals who do not like any other hamster to invade their personal space the dwarf hamsters (so called because they are much smaller, more like the size of a mouse) are gregarious creatures who prefer to have company. Sometimes they have been known to have a bit of a bust up if they are put in a cage with another hamster that they don't get along with (well I guess hamsters are like people in that respect. I can think of people I can tolerate but wouldn't want to live with.) but on the whole they are much happier with others of their kind than they are alone.