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As already said, it depends on the pet shop and how long they've been there but if it helps: I've bought 3 hamsters from p@h in the last couple of years; they told me my Chinesey Lewis was 11 weeks, my Syrian Cleo was around about 13-16 weeks & my Syrian Pip I forgot to ask about at the time but when I phoned back later I think they said about 12 weeks (I'd seen him a couple of weeks prior so they put them out younger, I guess) so it does seem to vary a lot and they don't always exactly know but around the 2-3 month mark doesn't seem an unreasonable guess.