Young dwarf hamsters - fighting or establishing dominance?

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Unfortunately successfully keeping Dwarf Hamsters together can be very challenging and even with the best will in the world and following the usual advice, most do still fall out.

Often hamsters begin to fall out around adolescence and the bullying behaviour just tends to escalate until the hamsters are separated or something worse happens so I would always advise separating as soon as you notice signs of bullying.

Once separated, you may notice that the more dominant one retreats a bit but they will settle down eventually and both will be safer in the long run.