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Old 07-08-2019, 03:07 AM  
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Default Re: Cage aggression?

Sometimes aggression can be caused by not feeling safe in their havitat, adding more hides can help. Unfortunately though, actual cage aggression is very common in Russian Dwarfs and in my experience theres not much that can be done to stop it.

Cage aggressive hamsters are usually fine being handled outside of their homes (and some of them are more affectionate than my other hamsters!) so I use a mug to pick them up. I just let them climb into the mug and then lift it out the cage. If I have to clean their cages I’ll put them in a playpen or carrier. Avoiding full clean outs and rearranging the cage helps as well since cage aggressive hamsters can tend to be quite anxious about changes to their habitat.
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