Which gender do you prefer?

**pophammy** · 06-18-2005, 12:53 PM

I just wondered which gender of ham everyone prefered as a pet. I prefer males because they don't smell so much when they are in season

though I used to like females better.

Emma · 06-19-2005, 01:41 AM

I don't mind, I've had lovely pets of both genders - and boys can have their own aroma too, especially when they get a bit older.

hammydude · 06-24-2005, 10:29 AM

All of my hams are males. About the smell issue my syrain has no odor but the campbells.they are a totally different story.

**babyboos** · 06-24-2005, 04:33 PM

I am not a fan of the huge distended testicles that some male hamsters get - I much prefer the coats of long haired males though

Coco1 · 06-25-2005, 08:39 AM

I like both but have had mostly males in the past and I've found (in my case) that they have been a little "sweeter" ? A little calmer, cuddly. I'm sure this varies and I'm sure each species is different

SnuggleHam · 06-25-2005, 09:20 AM

I picked I don’t mind. It seems for some reason whenever I bought a Syrian hamster I was always prone to want the females, It sounds silly but I think it bothered me a bit about the males having the testicles and sometimes they can be quite large on a Syrian lol, But since adopting Gerald, I guess I don’t care much either way, and his male "hamster hood" doesn’t bother me :P hehe

hammydude · 06-28-2005, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by babyboos

I am not a fan of the huge distended testicles that some male hamsters get - I much prefer the coats of long haired males though

Like Biscuits!! I'll have to take more pictures of him to show everyone since his body has finally stopped growing but his hair! That's a different story, It really keeps him busy; constantly grooming himself.

Matt · 07-05-2005, 03:15 PM

I've only ever had male hamsters so I don't know.

flogging_molly · 08-04-2005, 02:23 AM

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I much prefer the coats of long haired males though

babyboos - didn't you just love Wes?

I must say I don't have a preference either, although I do have 2 male Syrian, 1 female Syrian, and 3 female Roborovski - which is technically a 4:2 ratio of females to males, then there is Sooty & Co (the pups), they are yet to be sexed so you never know.

I don't care what sex really, I just love my hamsters