Ok iv had two robovoski dwarf hamsters for 1 week now and theve been realy good when iv picked them up and they looked like they liked it. Today i woke up and theyw ere sleeping apart and later on when i normally hold them (8 pm) one bit me but the other didnt. does anyone now any reasons why. They are both females and one isnt pregnant.
2007-02-03 08:27:37 · 5 answers · asked by lovemaster1995p 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
We just bought a hamster (although it died because of stress or so the pet store said) and he enjoyed being held for the first few days. He started biting us a couple of days before he died and did nothing but sleep even in the night. "Petco" people said he probable didn't feel well and was biting and sleeping to feel better and that was his way of saying leave me along and let me try to get better. Good luck with this!!!!!!!!!!
2007-02-03 09:24:07 · answer #1 · answered by Ice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is almost unheard of for a roborovski to bite! It must be stressed. Have you heard them fighting or seen an bite wounds? The easiest thing to do would be to separate the two into their own cages.
Dwarves can be a bit hard in that many sources say that they can be housed together but in actuality it is more a personality thing. Some are happy to cohabitat, while others be best living by themselves.
If one of your robs is much more dominant over the other and is attacking it, then the submissive one is just living in fear. Being in constant fear is what caused it to bite you. It could also have been the dominant one that bit you. The dominant female is in a constant "defend my territory" mind set and you may have gotten a taste at what she's dishing out to her cagemate. You'll make both of their lives much happier by giving each of them their own home.
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2007-02-04 03:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by radiocricket 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you purchased them from a pet store most likely they are both male. Hampsters will not cohabitate with other adult males and will infact attack and kill the other!! (Even litermates). I suggest two seperate cages. A divider won't work as they will spend the majority of the time trying to get at the other and that can potentially lead to problems also. They are great pets though, Good luck!!
2007-02-03 08:51:41 · answer #3 · answered by infamoushoax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Were they littermates? Because if not, you may have trouble.
By saying "one isn't pregnant", do you mean the other one is?
If they aren't littermates, you may have to separate them. If they continue to fight anyway, you won't have any choice but to separate them (or lose one or both of them).
2007-02-03 08:40:47 · answer #4 · answered by T J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they all bite
2007-02-03 10:42:56 · answer #5 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋