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- From: bcs33424@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Bryan Siegfried)
- Subject: Re: hamster, male or female
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 02:59:52 GMT
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- "victor lee" <victor.lee@canrem.com> writes:
-
- > I was wondering if anybody has any advice on whether male
- >hamsters or female hamsters are better? Are there any differeces
- >regarding life expectancy, odour, behaviour, etc?
-
- Male hamsters tend to be smaller and less aggressive
- than females. My roommate has a male hamster and I have a
- female. Our hamsters don't really smell much (as long as you
- clean the cages :-), but the female does smell a little more
- than the male. So far, we haven't had an opportunity to measure
- life expectancies! Personally, I think a male is probably
- preferable. The single biggest drawback to hamsters is how
- fidgety they are. The males are less so and more likely
- to set in your hand. Of course, maybe our hamsters just have
- unusual personalities.
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- Bryan Siegfried zig@uiuc.edu
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