Help Strange behaviour

[Ironrock365]

Hi I have 2 Syrian hamsters 1 male 13months old and 1 female rescue with me for 9 months now They seem to get along pretty well but the hamsters I had in the past used to fight with each other if I used to get them out or try to keep them together

Is this normal can I keep 2 syrian together cause if I separate them they don't eat or drink they act restless the female litleraly hisses and bites me the male sits in one corner dose not move or responds

I even tried aquarium tank with a partition so they could be together yet in separate cage no luck though they just kept scratching the glass

[souffle]

No you absolutely cannot keep two syrians together. They are solitary animals and you are not respecting their natural behavior in trying to force them to staying with another syrian. You should not have a male and female together either as they will breed and you have no backgrounds for them so you may get sick baby hamsters. Please keep them apart and separate from each other to avoid stress to the hamsters. There is plenty information everywhere about keeping syrians alone so do lots of research.

[Pebbles82]

Souffle has said it all. You need to bite the bullet and let them adjust to living in their own cage individually. Even though they may seem to get along, just the presence of another hamster will raise their stress levels a lot and that can lead to illness or disease. Also, by nature, the female could attack and kill the male at any time, especially if she gets pregnant. Or they may just attack each other.

If you don't have a spare cage, a large plastic bin would do for a day or two while you get another cage sorted -will bedding and toys/wheel in - providing it's high enough the hamster can't get out.

Any cage change means leaving them alone for 2 or 3 days and no disturbing/cleaning for about 2 weeks, to allow them to adjust and scent mark - they can get very territorial. After that you can gradually start with offering a treat/taming.

For all you know the female may be aggressive/hiss regardless of whether she is with the male or not, just out of being territorial or because of a bad past life.

Also they mustn't play together out of the cage - they should come out one at a time.

It is our human assumptions and wishes that wants them to get along, have company and play together, but it isn't right to put our human wishes onto a species that needs to live alone. Because they live alone I think it is one reason why Syrians are so good at bonding with an owner.