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Fluffagrams · 04-10-2018, 10:36 AM

I keep all of my Chinese in the one room (both males and females) and I've not really had a problem with it but I don't keep Syrians so I don't know if they're likely to be any different. Mine seem to be pretty used to the smells of each other and just go about their business as normal. Sometimes I'll notice a change in their behaviour if I bring a new hamster in or one dies but I think that might have been due to the scents in the room changing. I had one little pet shop Chinese that used to try to flirt with all of the others but they just used to ignore her and as long as I was sure that her cage was secure, I didn't worry about her getting out or anything... she had a short attention span anyway so if her flirting was ignored, she'd just go off and play with something else that caught her eye.

If you're worried though, it may be better to do as Souffle suggests and get another male rather than a female.

04-10-2018, 10:36 AM
Fluffagrams Moderator Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 3,640	Re: 2 Syrians same room? M or F? I keep all of my Chinese in the one room (both males and females) and I've not really had a problem with it but I don't keep Syrians so I don't know if they're likely to be any different. Mine seem to be pretty used to the smells of each other and just go about their business as normal. Sometimes I'll notice a change in their behaviour if I bring a new hamster in or one dies but I think that might have been due to the scents in the room changing. I had one little pet shop Chinese that used to try to flirt with all of the others but they just used to ignore her and as long as I was sure that her cage was secure, I didn't worry about her getting out or anything... she had a short attention span anyway so if her flirting was ignored, she'd just go off and play with something else that caught her eye. If you're worried though, it may be better to do as Souffle suggests and get another male rather than a female.