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Ziggysmom

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8. Confusing study? In the wild, most hamsters live alone and only approach other hamsters for

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sat May 28, 2022, 02:07 PM

May 2022

breeding. As pets you cannot keep same sex Syrian hamsters together because they will fight and injure each other.
Dwarf hamsters like Roborovski and Chinese Hamsters can SOMETIMES live with a roomie in the same cage. The pics in the article appear to show Syrian hamsters, not dwarfs.

Regardless, I love cute little hamsters!

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Gene-editing experiment turns fluffy hamsters into 'aggressive' rage monsters [View all] Nevilledog May 2022 OP

Never feed them after midnight. keithbvadu2 May 2022 #1

Perhaps Ecstasy would have been a better choice, from what I've heard about it MagickMuffin May 2022 #2

While this experiment yielded very important results, it's also very, very scary. LonePirate May 2022 #3

yep - that's about it. harumph May 2022 #9

This is what happened to me and my avatar. Hassin Bin Sober May 2022 #4

Strange things ornotna May 2022 #5

Mutant muffins? electric_blue68 May 2022 #15

So is somebody going to sell them online? milestogo May 2022 #6

They've been used in video games Nevilledog May 2022 #22

Bring me the Jerry2144 May 2022 #7

Confusing study? In the wild, most hamsters live alone and only approach other hamsters for Ziggysmom May 2022 #8

Wow, had no idea! electric_blue68 May 2022 #17

28 days. tblue37 May 2022 #10

Yep. Hassin Bin Sober May 2022 #19

Sounds more like the "Miranda" experiment slightlv May 2022 #11

Reavers (when the PAX vaccine went wrong) Nevilledog May 2022 #12

gmta area51 May 2022 #21

They should have released a bunch of these treated Hamsters around the NRA convention SWBTATTReg May 2022 #13

Oy Tom Kitten May 2022 #14

Baaahahahahaaaaaa.... electric_blue68 May 2022 #18

Reboot of the planet of the apes? MissB May 2022 #16

" 'aggressive" rage machines" 🤔....a perfect Finnish Heavy Metal Band name! electric_blue68 May 2022 #20

Too bad they didn't watch Serenity (the Firefly movie) first. Reader Rabbit May 2022 #23