I bought a new hamster and I got her too meet with my old hamster Mickey, they seemed to get along good so I put them in the same cage, they were ok. But now Mickey keeps trying to **** her and when he does that they start fighting. I want them to have babies but they keep fighting, what should I do? Separate them or keep them together?
2006-08-12 18:12:13 · 11 answers · asked by bbnicole104 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
i post it over & over. 1syrian hamster per cage. dont try and force mating if they dont want too. plus it's so quick u prob wouldnt know if they had already but if they did then theyre done with each other. in the wild they immediately separate after mating. YES-separate them.
2006-08-12 18:58:57 · answer #1 · answered by galaxygurl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the species, russian hamsters can live in groups with one male and several female but they breed prolifically and there are lots allready. Syrian hamsters are solitary animals and will fight all the time until one or the other is dead. The female will only accept a male for mating during her ovulation which about every four days and usually lasts for about 30 minutes. If you keep them apart and when you can stroke the female from her tail to the head and she freezes then she is ready to mate.
DO NOT BREED THEM JUST TOP GET BABIES. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOMEWHERE TO TAKE THEM FROM YOU.
A syrian hamster will have up to 15 young at a time and trying to house them at ten weeks when they start to fight will be a problem. You must take them away from mum at 5 to 6 weeks and split them males from female or you will get sibblings breeding together.
2006-08-13 03:26:36 · answer #2 · answered by stevehart53 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your female may already be pregnant and usually once the breeding process is complete the female wants nothing to do with the male.
keep them separated or you may come home to find one hamster and a patch of fur if you know what I mean. It happened to some hamsters I had a few years back.
2006-08-15 12:22:54 · answer #3 · answered by NyteWing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had hampsters about a month ago and i only kept them for about 2 weeks cause they wouldnt stop fighting, and i didnt want to hear or see it anymore. the girl i gave them to said they just wont stop until she had to get a separate cage. So maybe unless there in heat hampsters just cant live together.
2006-08-13 01:19:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
separate them you shouldn't get a old one with a new one get two younger ones and see if they get along if they do put them in a cage and keep a close eye on them for a couple of day if it doesn't turn out keep trying
2006-08-13 01:21:24 · answer #5 · answered by tilly loveanimals4ever(:(:(:(:(: 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seperate.. and don't breed. If you don't already know that a male and female cannot live together peacefully, you should not be breeding.
Here's a forum with lots of good infos on hammies and what you need to consider if you want to breed. Please sign up there and ask lots of questions: http://www.hamsterhouse.com/cgi-bin/YaBB/YaBB.pl?board=Breeding;action=display;num=1015094127;start=0
2006-08-13 02:32:00 · answer #6 · answered by moosh_moosh_smoosh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask the vet for sum advice
or u could put them in separate cages close to each other untill they are friends :-)
2006-08-13 01:16:54 · answer #7 · answered by ernie_rox_my_sox 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hamsters CANNOT live together - seperate them at once or one will soon be dead
2006-08-13 01:13:58 · answer #8 · answered by CF_ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dont worry, leave them for some time. I am sure they will start ***king soon. Maybe its not the right time for her.
2006-08-13 01:15:44 · answer #9 · answered by chand 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
they wont mate till she is ready. Why do you want babies?
2006-08-13 01:17:47 · answer #10 · answered by redlasvegas81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋