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Old 07-15-2012, 06:15 AM   #1
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Default What Age Are Dwarf Hamsters Sexed?

Hello,

Was just wondering at what age would a experienced NHC Breeder sex a litter of Dwarf hamsters?

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Old 07-15-2012, 04:30 PM   #2
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I can help with any hams but robos, but it will be at four weeks. Some breeders don't separate till later than that as robo boys can be slower in terms of getting going than other species, and will drop a lot later.
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Old 07-16-2012, 12:23 AM   #3
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Thank You Pompompoms,

Very helpful

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Old 07-16-2012, 04:03 AM   #4
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Some breeders don't separate till later than that as robo boys can be slower in terms of getting going than other species, and will drop a lot later.
This reminds me of kyrilliondaemon's Muffin He was definitely a surprise!

This is what Tammy's website says about sexing Robos, I suspect the other dwarfs are fairly similar:

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At a very early age, just before the pups gain much fur, it is very easy to determine the sex of each pup as the females have visible teats, but these soon get covered up in the next few days by the fur. Once they reach three and a half to four weeks old it is again easy to tell the difference, but I find that after this time it can be become difficult once again, and I have sometimes thought that I have wrongly sexed them!! But once they are over 6 or 7 weeks old it is usually very easy to tell once again! This is one of the reasons why I usually keep my babies until 7 or 8 weeks of age.
Sexing Robos sounds like a little bit of a nightmare
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Old 07-16-2012, 05:30 AM   #5
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Wrong thread! Where's the delete button gone? :/
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Old 07-16-2012, 09:29 AM   #6
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Wrong thread! Where's the delete button gone? :/
Sorry that I am going off topic, but I wondered this too SS. I needed to delete a comment the other day (as it was a double post) but couldn't for the life of my find the delete button! I know there definitely was one as I used it before
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Old 07-17-2012, 12:11 PM   #7
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I can confidently sex pups around 4 days. Week two can be a difficult time to sex (I often question previous judgement), but by week 3 I am confident with genders again, and I was usually right the first time
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Old 07-17-2012, 04:07 PM   #8
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Sorry that I am going off topic, but I wondered this too SS. I needed to delete a comment the other day (as it was a double post) but couldn't for the life of my find the delete button! I know there definitely was one as I used it before
I know! I can't find it either :\
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