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NO DWARF OR GERBIL QUESTIONS I REPEAT NO DWARF OR GERBIL QUESTIONS!I CAN'T answer them, even if I'm the only expert available. I specialize in SYRIAN HAMSTERS ONLY like black bears, goldens, teddies, and more. I'm an experienced breeder and raised hamsters for the past 10 years. I can help with how to buy your first, how to house and care for your hamster, nutrition, showing, and other general questions. I can help with most behavioral problems too. I am the longest running hamster expert on this page, since 2001.
***I WILL NOT answer questions regarding:

Gerbils

Dwarf hamsters(Robo and Russian are dwarfs!!)

Taming

Illness, Cause Of Death, or "My hamster is dying please help me" I can't fix your hamster. If your hamster has a broken leg PLEASE TAKE IT TO A VET don't bother asking a question to anyone because we obviously can't repair it, we don't like the animals to suffer. If you can't take the time to read this then I don't take the time to read your question and may write you a rude response because your too impatient to read!***

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I have worked with hamsters all my life.

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Gerbils & Hamsters - Questions about hamster combinations

Expert: Heather S - 6/29/2009

Question
I previously owned 2 female teddy bear hamsters, which lived to be about 4 years old. They lived together and got along great. I am now looking to adopt 2 more hamsters. This time I went on the Internet to find out information and read, in almost ever article, that when two teddy bear hamsters are put into the same cage they fight with each other. I would like to know if this is true or false. If it is false, were my two hamsters, an exception to the rule or was it because they were sisters? Can a teddy bear and a black bear hamster live in the same cage?

Answer
It's true, they should not live together. Your hamsters are the exception, not the rule. Sometimes they leave each other alone, but most Syrian hamsters will have territory issues and fight each other, regardless of relationship. They could live in harmony for a long time and one day you can come home and find one dead. It's not a risk worth taking, 2 hamsters need 2 separate tanks.

A teddy bear is simply a long haired Syrian, and a black bear is a black colored syrian. They can mate but don't house them together for the reasons I've already explained.

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