Is Alex a male or female?
Last year my hamster had four babies. I had a go at seperating them into males and females and thought I had done a good job as a year had gone by without any further pregnancies. However I am now concerned that one of the hamsters I thought was a male, Alex, may actually be a girl. The other male hamster Harry, now has a white stripe on his rear like his father (Gene) and walks with a strut at times. From underneath he has a swelling which I think contains his testicles. However Alex does not have the white stripe or strut like walk. When I looked from underneath her nipples looked swollen. There has been a lot of tension in the male cage, Gene and Harry fell out at Christmas and Gene needed to be seperated permentaly. Alex has now started fighting with Harry. Do you think Alex may be a female and if so pregnant? She is currently living on her own. She recently shredded a tea towel and mixed in with the bedding an attempt at nesting?
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