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I would advise against this. Hamsters are very territorial. I have heard stories of hamsters who immediately attacked a mouse or rat when they met.

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It depends. If they were raised alongside each other at a young age, then yes, but if you introduce a new hamster to another one they could start fighting. Hamsters are territorial. Especially keep away a pregnant hamster from anyone new, it will cause stress and when the babies are born, she might eat them because of this stress.

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if you want them to kill each other! they won't at first, but it will take some time and the rat WILL kill your hamster.

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any group of domestic animals can live together, they just have to be trained....

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Different species of rodents are natural enemies. Hamsters kill mice, but get a mouse's parasites afterwards.

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NO. only keep them with the same species.

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