The jealous female
A few days ago, an uncle of mine came over for some design work. Before he got into dog breeding, he used to care for a bunch of hamsters. I think he got into hamster breeding a bit, until my great-aunt (his mom) decided that they needed to get a dog. But before the hamsters went away, he pretty much had a thorough understanding of their behavior.
My uncle said that female hamsters are the trouble-makers in the breed. They’re more aggressive than the males. He’s right, actually. I noticed the same in our hamsters. Ever since we started caring for Wendy’s babies, we were able to somehow get an idea of how hamsters interact in a group.
The female ones are indeed very aggressive. The females that we have are the ones who usually fight over toys, food, and territory. My uncle said it’s a good thing that these females grew up together, else, they’ll probably end up killing each other. It’s ok to have two males and a female, but never two females and a male.
Heh. Funny how this behavior is similar to humans huh? Women are usually more jealous than men 
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6:18 pm on April 15th, 2007
If you’re not intending to breed them, it’s better to separate the male from the female.
If they’re together and the female in “in heat”
the male will never stop “mounting” her until he gets very exhausted, to the point that all he can do is just rest in one side of the cage.
or… if the female is not yet fully receptive, and the male will keep on going after her… she might fight back and end up injuring the male hamster.
11:09 am on August 16th, 2008
you shouldn’t keep two syrian hasters together in the same cage, unless they are babies, but when they mature, they fight! Until one dies. it’s cruel…
12:53 am on November 14th, 2008
lol someone i know gave 2 girls and 1 guy to someone… i heard they had babies too.