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Pebbles82 · 09-08-2018, 01:05 AM

Animal welfare charities are usually clear that Syrians should always be kept alone once they reach 6 to 8 weeks and before that only with their mother or siblings (and only same sec siblings after 4 to 5 weeks I think). And that groups of same species dwarf hamsters can be kept together. I think implicit in that is that different species should not be kept together. Have you seen this happening? I doubt that Russian dwarfs could mate with robos or Syrians and if they tried then pregnancy wouldn’t occur. They are more likely to kill each other than mate I think. But yes sadly Campbell’s, winter whites and hybrids would all mate and that’s why there are hybrids and risks of genetic problems leading to diseases etc.

09-08-2018, 01:05 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Is this true?? Animal welfare charities are usually clear that Syrians should always be kept alone once they reach 6 to 8 weeks and before that only with their mother or siblings (and only same sec siblings after 4 to 5 weeks I think). And that groups of same species dwarf hamsters can be kept together. I think implicit in that is that different species should not be kept together. Have you seen this happening? I doubt that Russian dwarfs could mate with robos or Syrians and if they tried then pregnancy wouldn’t occur. They are more likely to kill each other than mate I think. But yes sadly Campbell’s, winter whites and hybrids would all mate and that’s why there are hybrids and risks of genetic problems leading to diseases etc.