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AmityvilleHams · 03-28-2020, 01:17 AM

Separate them now. It may seem like an inconvenience now, but waking up to a dead or seriously injured hamster knowing you could've done something to prevent that would not be a good feeling - and this is the very real reality of housing more than one hamster per cage!

It is very unnatural for hamsters to be living together in same sex pairs or groups anyways. In the wild they'd typically be together for breeding purposes, not social purposes, so understandably it can be incredibly stressful for them to have to live together. As we've gained more knowledge in the community and after seeing just how wrong it can go(not to mention the serious implications of long term unnecessary stress and how horrible that is for overall health and happiness), the general advice is now more like always separating no matter the species or any other factor. They do much better housed on their own than they could ever do as part of a pair or group, with benefits for the owner like more toy and enrichment options as well as no stress having to constantly worry if things will go wrong!

03-28-2020, 01:17 AM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Hamsters arguing - should I be concerned? Separate them now. It may seem like an inconvenience now, but waking up to a dead or seriously injured hamster knowing you could've done something to prevent that would not be a good feeling - and this is the very real reality of housing more than one hamster per cage! It is very unnatural for hamsters to be living together in same sex pairs or groups anyways. In the wild they'd typically be together for breeding purposes, not social purposes, so understandably it can be incredibly stressful for them to have to live together. As we've gained more knowledge in the community and after seeing just how wrong it can go(not to mention the serious implications of long term unnecessary stress and how horrible that is for overall health and happiness), the general advice is now more like always separating no matter the species or any other factor. They do much better housed on their own than they could ever do as part of a pair or group, with benefits for the owner like more toy and enrichment options as well as no stress having to constantly worry if things will go wrong!