Hello
I've only ever kept Syrian's and Russian hamsters (two girls happily kept together) before but my friend introduced me to her accidental brood and I fell in love!!
I have 4 boys, they are around 10 weeks old and are siblings!
I have read lots of contradicting advice on the internet about them going to start fighting at sexual maturity, but wanted your views
they have 3 beds, 1 wheel, 1 food bowl big enough for all of them to sit in (ATM) and one water bottle plus a few toys.... they used to separate two in each bed but have put in a cereal box and now they all sleep together.
so far no problems one does have a small nick on his nose though but I haven't seen him being picked on and it isn't infected. (he had this when I got him)
so questions...
whens sexual maturity
signs of fighting I should look out for
and what are their chances of being happy together, or should I separate them into 2's now?
also I read if fighting does happen you can mark the hamsters with a washable non toxic felt tip (different colour or symbol) so that you can see which ones cause problems as they all look a like... views on this? not to sure I like the idea but I can see it maybe being handy if it does start to happen so I can choose who to separate...
thank you
Willow xxx