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AmityvilleHams · 08-25-2020, 02:29 PM

Mice would be a great choice, but only females as males should not be housed together - they're just as territorial as hamsters and can and will fight to the death as well!

I would steer clear of any sort of group housing with hamsters for the reasons others have mentioned. With the enclosure you have right now(a Detolf) it would be fairly limiting in terms of what you can actually house - no rats(tank style cages are completely unsuitable for them due to lack of ventilation), it's way too small for even a pair of guinea pigs, and I would also not house chinchillas in such an enclosure.

For mice, the Detolf would be an excellent option but only with a properly spaced DIY mesh lid(preferably raised so you can have hanging toys much easier). For gerbils, it could also make a good cage - however, you'd definitely want to create a DIY raised lid for gerbils. The Detolf is fairly short on its own so with really good substrate depth for gerbils once you factor in a wheel and such as well it's really much more appropriate with a raised lid!

Alternatively, a properly set up Detolf with a securely fitted lid would be an excellent cage choice for a single dwarf species - but only one hamster and definitely not more than that for various reasons.

08-25-2020, 02:29 PM
AmityvilleHams PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 4,545	Re: Best hamster breeds to live together Mice would be a great choice, but only females as males should not be housed together - they're just as territorial as hamsters and can and will fight to the death as well! I would steer clear of any sort of group housing with hamsters for the reasons others have mentioned. With the enclosure you have right now(a Detolf) it would be fairly limiting in terms of what you can actually house - no rats(tank style cages are completely unsuitable for them due to lack of ventilation), it's way too small for even a pair of guinea pigs, and I would also not house chinchillas in such an enclosure. For mice, the Detolf would be an excellent option but only with a properly spaced DIY mesh lid(preferably raised so you can have hanging toys much easier). For gerbils, it could also make a good cage - however, you'd definitely want to create a DIY raised lid for gerbils. The Detolf is fairly short on its own so with really good substrate depth for gerbils once you factor in a wheel and such as well it's really much more appropriate with a raised lid! Alternatively, a properly set up Detolf with a securely fitted lid would be an excellent cage choice for a single dwarf species - but only one hamster and definitely not more than that for various reasons.