Hamsters don't really like living with each other, as sad as it sounds, it's true. Gerbils on the other hand like to live together. Now, if you want your hamsters to reproduce (make babies), then you would put a male with a female. If you don't want them to reproduce, female and female is best.
Well since the female goes into season every 4 days, they can stay together those 3 days until she goes into season. But the male and female may fight.
depends if it goes to far with the fighting if it dosn't keep them together
Hamsters aren't supposed to share cages if there syrians(dwarf hamsters can share a cage very happily). Your hamsters could kill eachother; hamster's nature is to roam alone. However, if you have one male hamster, and one female hamster, this may not apply, as the female can, well, you know, with the male and before you know it.... pop goes the BABIES. Be prepared.
Leave the male and female together when she goes in heat.
'Heat' is another name for when a female placental mammal enters the fertile period of it Oestrus cycle, the physical changes in the female that prepares it for pregnancy. A male hamster on the other hand is biological able to father children at any point of its life after sexual maturity. It never goes into 'heat'.
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Your hamster goes bald and grows a black spot on its back because it is about to die.
Every female hamster goes into heat. She often sets off a foul odor - sort of a way to let any male hamsters around her know that shes 'in heat and ready to mate'. P
You should not buy your hamster a companion.If your hamster is a dwarf hamster then you shouldn't because they weren't raised together and they may tend to fight. If they were raised together then it wouldn't be a problem. If you own a teddy bear hamster also known as the Syrian hamster you wouldn't be able to have a companion in the cage with them even if they were raised together. Once your Teddy Bear hamster has mated then you should remove the male hamster because he may eat the young. Especially after the mother has given birth you should keep the father separate or any other male hamster because as soon as she has given birth she goes into heat again and they will mate again and in a few days she will give birth again. Teddy Bear hamsters are sometimes known for eating their young. If your hamster has young then once they are weined from their mother's milk then you should remove them from the cage because she may eat her young.
Your hamster usually is in heat when you pet it by its lower back. Your hamster then will slowly become stiff, point its tail up, hunch its back and will try to stick itself to the ground. This is not something to worry about, it happens to a lot of female hamsters. People also say this happens in a young age (1 and under) but that is not true. My hamster is about 1 and a half and it happens all the time. This also means they want a mate... now clearly that cant happen due to the fact if you gave her a mate she would most likely eat him. So why would a female want a mate if she will eat him? I'm not quite sure. But hamsters usually begin heating every 4-5 days no matter what age. Hope I helped! BTW when your hamster is in that hunched position, continue petting her. They like it.
They hunt together and are always together. The male always takes the lead but whenever there is food that appears the male goes for it. If the female attacks the pray, the male will hurt the female as a warning. When the male is attacking a pray the female has to move on and take the lead.
A hamster wheel is used in the cage and is powered by the hamster its self. A hamster ball is what you put the hamster in to exercise when you are cleaning the cage. A hamster ball is heavier so would probably go a bit slower but both are actually powered by the hamster its self so it depends on how fast it goes.