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sar+ste · 03-29-2009, 02:06 PM

Thankyou for your replies. I had a chat with the people at Pets at Home about Alex and they said not to worry as s/he had been living with two males since May and had not become pregnant s/he would be male. I then placed Alex and Harry in a glass dish so I could look at them from underneath. I could clearly see a scortum like swelling on Harry but not on Alex. While I couldn't actually see nipple on Alex she had breaks in her fur where you would expect her nipples to be. I then had a look at her sisters and mother and while they looked to be females I couldn't see their nipples. Maybe you can only see their nipples when their pregnant or lactating. Re sexing babies, I did my best but it was hard. I would have taken them to my vet to be sexed proberley but when I took a hamster there for fighting and asked him to check he was a male he said he was too small to tell. Any ideas where I could take them to be sexed properley.

03-29-2009, 02:06 PM
sar+ste Newborn Pup Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 8	Re: Is Alex a male or female? Thankyou for your replies. I had a chat with the people at Pets at Home about Alex and they said not to worry as s/he had been living with two males since May and had not become pregnant s/he would be male. I then placed Alex and Harry in a glass dish so I could look at them from underneath. I could clearly see a scortum like swelling on Harry but not on Alex. While I couldn't actually see nipple on Alex she had breaks in her fur where you would expect her nipples to be. I then had a look at her sisters and mother and while they looked to be females I couldn't see their nipples. Maybe you can only see their nipples when their pregnant or lactating. Re sexing babies, I did my best but it was hard. I would have taken them to my vet to be sexed proberley but when I took a hamster there for fighting and asked him to check he was a male he said he was too small to tell. Any ideas where I could take them to be sexed properley.