I have a female syrian hamster she is around 4 months old i recently bought a male who is now a little over a month. I dont know exactly how old males have to be to breed but i've heard they have to be at least four weeks. I've tried introducing them every day for four days (assuming one of those days she has to be in heat) but the female has twice tried to fight the male and twice ignored him completly. I introduced them in a mutual area so neither would fell territorial or threatened. Does she not want to mate because he is too young or am I doing something wrong? I've heard that when in heat females can freeze in a position with their tales straight up when pet on the back. This is something she has never done. It is possible that I am not allowing them enough contact because i watch them very carefully and while I do allow them to sniff one another, i am very paranoid and seporate them at the first sigh of fighting. Any information is appreciated.
2006-11-30 14:18:45 · 5 answers · asked by Andrea 3 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
If I put them together, The female will viciously attack the male and he could die being that he is about 1/2 her size
2006-12-04 11:58:34 · update #1
Hamsters are so delicate!
http://www.petsyclopedia.com/hamsters/breeding.xml
2006-11-30 17:51:59 · answer #1 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hamsters don't have to be any certain age to breed, and female hamsters can get pregnant even when they are not in heat. when the female starts to go into small spaces in her cage you know she is in heat espeicially if she tris to bite you when you put your hand in the cage. give it about 2 weeks abnd you will have baby hamsters. oh and when she is getting ready to have them make sure you take the male out or he will eat the babies.
2006-11-30 22:23:03 · answer #2 · answered by bjames_0050 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have guinea pigs and looks the same like of the hamsters... guinea pigs become are scared sometimes with human when they are still new to their eyes which make them do some crazy things... Just let them do what they want and theyll just blend with their surroundings
2006-11-30 22:23:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
don't put them together if they fight........i had a hamster then it died because after put it in the shade the hade moved and that min. i changed the water to cold it got hot the water and my hamster died of the heat.
2006-11-30 22:31:52 · answer #4 · answered by sherry s 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
let them live together, my older brother had a pair of hampsters, and he let them live together, and they bred successfully a few times
2006-11-30 22:22:27 · answer #5 · answered by Missy C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋