My hamster is attacking the other one?
One of my Chinese Hamsters (grey, reasonably quiet and shy) is attacking my other (white and grey, quite active) hamster. They are both mannish and the grey one has bitten the white one's ear, and now recently I enjoy noticed that the veins are bright red in the ear and in that is also a sort of displacement about the white one's eyes which I suspect is blood, but it might be eye discharge. They've never given off discharge before though, and I basically gave it a drop of water but it's still the same (sort of stiff and sticking up). Any philosophy what it might be and how I can stop them fighting? They were even born in indistinguishable litter.
chinese dwarf's should'nt be together unless its male and female "/
You should of researched
If they are fighting this much, I propose separating them. Maybe it's a territory issue?
Anyway, I would definitely separate them and call the vet to check out the injured one.
I hope everything works out for you! ^_^
Answers: Some Dwarf species do not do well with each other and the Chinese hamster is one of those species. They can be markedly aggressive towards each other especially after reaching maturity. They can be fundamentally territorial. You should separate your hamsters before one of them gets seriously injured.
You should leave the injured hamster's eye alone for in a minute. Hamsters usually heal pretty well from another hamster biting them. However, whether it starts to show signs of a bad infection such as puss or becoming inflamed you might want to consider seeing a vet.
hamsters dont other get along. my friend had two, and when she put them together, the almost kill each other. jsut buy another cage. and take them to they vet. he doesn't fine.
put the hurt one within a plastic bin type cage.
and put bedding in and food ect.. another cage.
the subsequent day bring to
VET
then get a separate hold
go on youtube and type in my bin hamstrer cage
You must separate them right away and house surrounded by separate cages. You might want to take the injured one to the vet, an infection could set in.
Habitat
Dwarf hamsters are communal animals, but Chinese dwarves can be rather more difficult then others to keep together.. The best pairing would be two females, introduced at a very young at heart age. As soon as they've been weaned, if possible. Females are the dominant sex in Chinese hamsters, and whether you try to keep a male and female together, the masculine might very well end up limp.
When shopping for your hamster, you can pretty much assume that if the cage is large satisfactory for a gerbil, it will be large enough for one dwarf. If you have two hamsters they will require at lowest possible twice as much space, with LOTS of hiding places and levels, so the weaker hamster will be able to escape the dominant one. I would never recommend more consequently two Chinese to a cage, unless they are all sisters, from the same litter, and raise together from birth. They're just too aggressive towards their own kind.
Bedding should be aspen, paper base, or hay. Try to avoid using cedar or pine.
