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mangoandmimi · 07-20-2019, 02:53 AM

Just the one is good. Living in a pair is unnatural and forces them to live in a stressful environment. They are not social animals so having them live together is a huge danger with no real benefit as they do thrive alone. Not to mention a 40 gallon would be on the small side for a pair imo, it is about the smallest you would want to go for a single dwarf. Setting up the cage with 2 of everything realistically doesn’t do an awful lot to ‘guarantee’ that they stay together. A pair of dwarfs is always cute to look at but just not in their best interests I’m afraid.

07-20-2019, 02:53 AM
mangoandmimi Little Miss Tinytoes Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: UK Posts: 7,036	Re: Housing a pair of dwarf hamsters Just the one is good. Living in a pair is unnatural and forces them to live in a stressful environment. They are not social animals so having them live together is a huge danger with no real benefit as they do thrive alone. Not to mention a 40 gallon would be on the small side for a pair imo, it is about the smallest you would want to go for a single dwarf. Setting up the cage with 2 of everything realistically doesn’t do an awful lot to ‘guarantee’ that they stay together. A pair of dwarfs is always cute to look at but just not in their best interests I’m afraid.