Odd behavior for a syrian.

[hammy2]

Your reading your hamsters emotions wrong. Syrian hamsters are strictly solitary that only come together to breed and should NEVER be housed with another especially a different species. It's lucky you haven't had a major incident :-/

[squishyhammy]

Why risk it if there's a chance to fight though? You asked our opinions and we gave you the honest facts. What if one ham turns round and bites the other badly? Why even take the risk.

[Susie]

Why were they kept together from birth in the first place? Isn't it standard to seperate from a baby age then this problem may never have existed in the first place?

[CreamSyrian]

I agree with squishyhammy, there's no point in taking such a dangerous risk, a poor dwarfie would be absolutely petrified and stressed in a cage with a syrian and it would almost certainly end in serious injury or more. I know it may seem like she's lonely, but syrians are strictly solitary. Its better to just spoil her and give her lots of attention. Please don't make a mistake..

[Pouches]

I don't think I'm reading Mindy wrong, and I can't ensure that a dwarf or any other hamster would be a good idea. I'm saying that I've seen contradiction to the "golden rule" that is syrians are solitary. First hand even, while it is an exception I have seen several different cases where litter mates have shared a cage for their entire lives without so much as a scuffle. I have also seen 2 unrelated females share a cage up until one of them passed from an ovarian cyst. I don't remember how Simon came to share a bin with Mocha, but it worked for them and they never had a problem, so all I'm arguing is that there ARE exceptions. Here's a few of them that were witnessed by me firsthand.

Pip who was from the first litter shared a cage with Mocha (his mother) because he wasn't strong enough to be weaned with the rest of his litter. Mocha and Milo both escaped their bins and she got pregnant and had another litter which is the pups you see. Pip stayed with them until the second litter was weaned and then they were all separated, except for two of the 3 females. We named them Thing 1 and Thing 2 because they were inseperable, a teacher from the school district took them both and I advised her that at some point down the road they may need to be separated, I spoke to her a few years later and she said they never needed to be separated.

Same case, just another picture... They seem fine to me

I thought I had a picture of Simon, Mocha, and the first litter of pups all sleeping in the same nest but I can't seem to find it.
I'm going to try to take Mindy and Snickers out and let them play together, under my supervision of course. I have a picture on my cell of the two of them snuggled up together that was taken a few evenings ago.

[Sunset_Melody]

I just don't understand why you would risk your hamster's lives though. It's too dangerous to think that they will be okay with another syrian or dwarf. The fact that they fight to the death at times is awful and to be prepared to put them through that is irresponsible.

[squishyhammy]

Pouches everyone knows there are exceptions (very very few) but it doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. The point is you're taking a risk any responsible owner would not take. We care about your hamsters and the fact you're still acting like you're gunna introduce a new ham to the Syrian really worries me. You will eventually wake up to a mauled hamster if you keep taking this risk. Please be responsible don't let it get so far. Not just for you but your hamsters

[hammy2]

It's the hamsters natural instinct to chase off the pups when they get to an age of independence as in the wild there wouldn't be enough food to sustain a large group. And bringing an unrelated cage mate would be the worst idea ever...

[Panda's_mommy]

I'm not an expert, I know not to house Syrians together, but I'd really like to hear souffles opinion on this, being a hamster breeder and showing hamsters for I think 30 years. Btw, there is always an exception to every rule, no matter what it is! Don't read into it so much!

[Tam909]

just because she got on great with her recent pal probably makes it more likely she'll fight with one she's never even met. If your other hamsters have had fighting backrounds they are out of the question. Instead of getting her to like another hamster you need to find a way to make her happy alone! take her out alot for cuddles, give her allll her favourite things, give her new and old things, personally my hamster loves looking in the mirror so i think she might aswell even if its just for fun, as you've probably realised NOONE on here is going to give you the benefit of the doubt on getting a friends and putting hamsters in danger so i say move on to other things and find a new way to make her happy.