Help - Dwarf Hamsters' Gender Identification

viper88 · 04-27-2020, 03:01 PM

Hi All,

My dwarf Hamster recently (4 weeks ago) had three babies. I'm unable to identify their gender, so as to keep them in a separate housing. I've seen a lot of posts and YouTube videos on this but still I'm not able to ascertain their gender.I recently contacted Erin the YouTuber, she suggested to raise a query here. Can someone please help me to identify them? I've attached few pictures of them.

P.S - As per my knowledge and understanding I believe the White is a female, whereas Black 1 and Black two are males.

Thank you in advance. 😊

Charlie Dunn · 05-08-2020, 12:18 PM

They are very cute indeed. I hope they find their forever homes and are so well looked after - they deserve nothing less x

Vierville · 05-09-2020, 02:43 AM

I don't want to commit 100% to this but I think that the hamsters in photos 1 and 3 are potentially female. It looks like the hamster in photo 2 is maybe male.

I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

viper88 · 05-09-2020, 05:25 PM

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I don't want to commit 100% to this but I think that the hamsters in photos 1 and 3 are potentially female. It looks like the hamster in photo 2 is maybe male.

I'm sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

I'm glad you tried, and I know it's tough... Thank you. Two three people who did identify had different opinions. Lol, I'm not sure what will i do 😅

Vierville · 05-12-2020, 05:45 AM

I'm not on instagram sadly. Please keep us posted on how your little ones are doing, I will try to give advice if you need any.

Lucy the ham · 07-31-2020, 08:06 AM

Hi! We bought "Lucy" from Pets at Home last Thursday and they said all they had were girls left. Lucy is a Dwarf Russian Campbell's Hamster. I really do not know if Lucy is actually "Lucien"!

I used to have a Dwarf Robo boy and you could see his yellow scent gland and he used to smell like buttery popcorn. It did smell nice to be honest. A couple of days in Lucy smells a bit butter pop corny and there are yellow patches on her wooden toy. I can see when she is on her back in her sand bath she has got like a dark belly button but, I cannot see any yellow. I have tried to look in my see through pot to see his/her bits but when I look she wrinkles herself up so you cannot tell. I am not worried what sex they are but, would prefer to get their name right lol...

Maker · 07-31-2020, 08:44 AM

They are adorable, only you know what is available to you there, you may have to think outside the box, anything must be better than a fish tank in the sun! The only thing I can think of which you may have access to is the big purified water containers, we used to have them delivered and they would go upside down on a tap, cut top off and mesh with some netting make sure plenty of air, 3 of those would be easy to find, bedding you may have to ask a vet for help to find something if you can't get toilet paper or tissues. Food you can use savory baby food as long as no onion garlic or citrus, shop bought or make yourself. Cooked plain rice, cooked egg white, greens. You say they are fussy eaters but it is just until things get better.

Ria P · 05-08-2020, 12:12 PM

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Useless blog

Wrong. Maybe people didn't want to commit themselves to sexing young hamsters going by photos only, possibly getting it wrong and then you or someone else could end up with a litter of unwanted hamsters. Erin didn't give you a definite answer, did she?

I hope these little hamsters will go to lovely forever homes. They are very cute.

viper88 · 05-09-2020, 05:22 PM

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Wrong. Maybe people didn't want to commit themselves to sexing young hamsters going by photos only, possibly getting it wrong and then you or someone else could end up with a litter of unwanted hamsters. Erin didn't give you a definite answer, did she?

I hope these little hamsters will go to lovely forever homes. They are very cute.

Hey don't get me wrong... I was just tagging my post as useless. Not you guys.

No, Erin couldn't identify.

I can and am taking care of these hamsters including it's parents (forever homes) . That's no problem for me,the COVID-19 situation is. Can't buy stuffs for them at the moment.

Ria P · 05-09-2020, 11:17 PM

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I can and am taking care of these hamsters including it's parents (forever homes) . That's no problem for me,the COVID-19 situation is. Can't buy stuffs for them at the moment.

Was this an accidental litter because the parents were wrongly sexed?

Personally, i'd house them separately to ensure no further litters. I read that hamsters are able to reproduce from as young as four weeks old.

Sorry that i can't be more helpful. I have four hamsters living in their own cages and have no experience in or intention of ever breeding hamsters.

What type of hamster supplies are you not able to get at the moment?