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Hi,
my hamster has had her babies. and it is almost time to separate the babies into gender cages. how to it tell the boys from the girls at this young age?
Maria
Hi Maria,
It's sort of difficult to tell what gender each is at this early age. You will have to look closely. The female's sexual organ is closer to her anus, whereas a male's sexual organ is farther apart from the anus. I'm going to send you to a link with pictures to show you how to sex them. This is the best way to tell, since you'll have a visual reference. (By the way, the pictures are of dwarf hamsters, but there is no difference between sexing them and sexing Syrian hamsters.) Here's the link:
http://www.hamsterhideout.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=10517
If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask.
Kelly
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I can answer most questions involving Syrian hamsters - mainly housing and general care. I can also tell you what to look for when you are buying a hamster for the first time. I can answer a few questions about gerbils, mainly housing. I can also answer a few questions about dwarf hamsters and mice - again, mainly housing and general care.
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I have had several hamsters, both Campbell's dwarf and Syrian. I have also had a mouse who lived to be almost 4 years old! (A regular white mouse named, creatively, "Mousie.") Currently, I have 1 Syrian hamster, 1 Siberian Dwarf hamster, and 2 gerbils. I have spent countless hours researching these small animals from reliable websites (which I can recommend to you). I strongly believe in being *very* prepared before I get an animal.
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