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Shannonmcn · 06-11-2019, 03:16 AM

Of course they do! Not like humans tho, the "sticky bum" is just a bit of extra discharge and isn't anything you need to be concerned about. Some hams don't have that at all. Some smell a bit more, some don't. Some seem to get a lot more active or "destructive", some don't. Easiest way to tell is that if you pet her body, particularly along her hips she will freeze and raise her tail. It's a mating instinct.

They'll start going into heat pretty young, I'm not the expert to ask here but you'd separate males and females from as young as 4 weeks so by the time you got Creampuff she would already be having heat cycles.

06-11-2019, 03:16 AM
Shannonmcn PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 3,192	Re: Female Hamsters Have Cycles??? Of course they do! Not like humans tho, the "sticky bum" is just a bit of extra discharge and isn't anything you need to be concerned about. Some hams don't have that at all. Some smell a bit more, some don't. Some seem to get a lot more active or "destructive", some don't. Easiest way to tell is that if you pet her body, particularly along her hips she will freeze and raise her tail. It's a mating instinct. They'll start going into heat pretty young, I'm not the expert to ask here but you'd separate males and females from as young as 4 weeks so by the time you got Creampuff she would already be having heat cycles.