How can you breed them?! Anyway no any sites about breeding syrian hamsters?
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Before breeding hamsters consideration should be given as to whether the pair of hamsters that it is intended to breed are a good match to produce healthy, good natured babies and also make plans for homing the babies produced.
When considering which pair of hamsters to breed together it is important to consider their size, health and temperament as both good and bad qualities present in the parents will be passed onto the babies. It is also important to correctly identify the colours of the pair it is intended to breed together as some colours of hamster produce undesirable babies (eg eyeless hamsters) when bred together.
The average litter size for a Syrian hamster is 8 but they can have up to 26 babies although this is extremely rare. However it is not unusual for litters of 10-14 to be produced and survive.
The average litter size for Dwarf hamsters is 4-6 but they can have larger litters and the Dwarf Campbells Russian Hamsters can have up to 14 babies and litters of 8-10 are not uncommon.
It is therefore vital that consideration is given and plans made for homing the babies before making the decision to start breeding hamsters taking into account that 14-26 babies could be produced from a single mating. Many local pet shops have regular suppliers so don't rely on these to take surplus babies without speaking to them before making the decision to start breeding your hamsters.
hope this helps!
You shouldn't really put two syrian hamsters in the same cage because they will fight, but you must have to put them in the same cgae to breed them because there would be no syrian hamsters otherwise.
I don't know about Syrian Hamsters but we had Dwarf Hamsters that were caged together until the babies came then we removed the male. Be careful they reproduce FAST! Every 3-4 weeks as I recall.
They are solitary, like to be alone animals.
They are totally solitary %26 most people shouldn't breed them!
they can have 14 babies at a time!!
http://www.ahc.umn.edu/rar/mnaalas/hamst...
NO NO NO! Do NOT keep them in the same cage... they are solitary animals and will eventually fight if caged together. As for breeding... the answer is don't. It's irresponsible to breed any animal when you don't know anything about them. It takes alot of time and research before you are ready for that, and yes there are sites that discuss it. however those sites will tell you not to do it unless you are a very experienced hamster owner and have all the equipment and time you will need to treat them fairly.
I once bought a hamster from pet store who was already pregnant. I knew this because a week or so later she gave birth.. to MANY hamsters. I'll say 11? Well, I guess the mother thought it was too many and I believe she ate some (Mother hamsters do that if they feel 'overloaded' with the pups, Males will also eat them). When they grew, before I got a chance to separate them, they fought constantly. They ripped off each others ears and made each other bleed. I was so scared! Well, I finally separated them, and I have since matured enough to learn alot about hamsters. They are VERY solitary and must be kept ALONE. They will fight or in your case, mate also. I would very much reccomend to not put 2 hamsters together, no matter what sex they are. It's not very safe for them.
Here's my hamster site www.angelfire.com/home/hamster...
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