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Old 12-17-2019, 03:20 AM   #1
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Default Mistaken gender identity...

So I've had my winter white hybrid Nanuk , Countess of Argouges (AKA "Princess Fluffybum") since June and was told when I got her that she is a female. I never really payed much attention to her gender and she is quite fluffy so her private parts are covered by fur most of the time.

This morning I was reading up ways of telling the sex of one's dwarf hamster as I have a very young new one and I had Princess Fluffybum out so decided to compare her with the guidelines I had found and to my great surprise I found that she is most likely a he! The spacing between the anus and genitals is quite large and there is a fairly prominent scent gland higher up. I couldn't feel any nipples either.

His or her gender makes absolutely no difference to me but it did come as quite a shock!

A change of name to "Prince Fluffybum" might be in order.
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Old 12-17-2019, 03:46 AM   #2
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Welcome Prince Fluffybum!
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Old 12-17-2019, 03:49 AM   #3
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I'm very embarrassed to have not checked this earlier!
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Old 12-17-2019, 04:54 AM   #4
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well....i still haven't checked my robo's gender since i got him 2 months ago. he is still not tame and i don't want to freak him out. I didn't get any surprise pups so this was good.
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Old 12-17-2019, 06:05 AM   #5
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I'm very embarrassed to have not checked this earlier!
Lol! Don't be embarrassed. Our Syrian is 100% man but the other two? They are fluffy, fast and won't let me handle them so i can only go by what the adoption centre told me and they don't always get it right.....
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Old 12-17-2019, 06:06 AM   #6
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I got my Niko around two months ago and was told that he was a girl so I named him tootles... couple of days after 'she' was running on her wheel and fell off it. Have herself a quick clean and leant backwards quite a bit....well tootles had a very prominent set of testis so how they thought he was a girl I'll never know...
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Old 12-17-2019, 07:27 AM   #7
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I'm still not certain of my Robo's gender either … there was a bit of confusion over that point in the store. She's probably female, but I have no proof. Anyway, congratulations on your new Prince Fluffybum!
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Old 12-17-2019, 07:32 AM   #8
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I'm still not certain of my Robo's gender either … there was a bit of confusion over that point in the store. She's probably female, but I have no proof. Anyway, congratulations on your new Prince Fluffybum!
You could add a photo of her underside and we'll see if we can help you out. Honestly though I don't think it matters too much unless you have more than one in the enclosure
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Old 12-17-2019, 08:11 AM   #9
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You could add a photo of her underside and we'll see if we can help you out. Honestly though I don't think it matters too much unless you have more than one in the enclosure
She's not handleable at the moment but I am going to try to get her onto a clear surface and have a look at some point. I don't want to stress her out too much when it isn't strictly necessary. If I had a pair I would have checked right away of course.
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Old 12-17-2019, 09:28 AM   #10
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I will try taking a photo of Prince/Princess Fluffybum's nether regions if he/she can keep still long enough!
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