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Ria P · 10-07-2022, 01:06 AM

You say that he looks kind of fat. Just be aware that petshops sometimes get the gender wrong and sell pregnant hamsters. I'd make sure that this hamster really is a male Syrian.

Also, for a Syrian you'd need to get bigger furnishings and maybe couldn't use much of Bogie's things. You need a 28cm wheel, large house like a guinea pig sized house etc. I always look for things for rats because what they sell in petshops for hamsters is only big enough for dwarfs.

10-07-2022, 01:06 AM
Ria P House of Hamsters Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,103	Re: Would it be a little too soon to take a new hamster? You say that he looks kind of fat. Just be aware that petshops sometimes get the gender wrong and sell pregnant hamsters. I'd make sure that this hamster really is a male Syrian. Also, for a Syrian you'd need to get bigger furnishings and maybe couldn't use much of Bogie's things. You need a 28cm wheel, large house like a guinea pig sized house etc. I always look for things for rats because what they sell in petshops for hamsters is only big enough for dwarfs.