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07-15-2012, 06:15 AM
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What Age Are Dwarf Hamsters Sexed?
Hello,
Was just wondering at what age would a experienced NHC Breeder sex a litter of Dwarf hamsters?
Thank You
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07-15-2012, 04:30 PM
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Retired Moderator
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Re: What Age Are Dwarf Hamsters Sexed?
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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07-16-2012, 12:23 AM
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Re: What Age Are Dwarf Hamsters Sexed?
Thank You Pompompoms,
Very helpful
Silver xxx
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07-16-2012, 04:03 AM
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Fuzzy Feet!
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Re: What Age Are Dwarf Hamsters Sexed?
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Originally Posted by Pompompoms
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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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.
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Sexing Robos sounds like a little bit of a nightmare
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07-16-2012, 05:30 AM
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Wicked Witch of Manchester
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Re: What Age Are Dwarf Hamsters Sexed?
Wrong thread! Where's the delete button gone? :/
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07-16-2012, 09:29 AM
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Mesocricetus auratus
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Re: What Age Are Dwarf Hamsters Sexed?
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Wrong thread! Where's the delete button gone? :/
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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
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07-17-2012, 12:11 PM
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Hamster Pup
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Re: What Age Are Dwarf Hamsters Sexed?
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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07-17-2012, 04:07 PM
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PM Fluffy for custom title
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Re: What Age Are Dwarf Hamsters Sexed?
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Originally Posted by Charley101
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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I know! I can't find it either :\
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