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[Little Hammy Moon]

I've Seen Mostly Female Hammies.

[lil BIG dwarf]

Do you mean just, like, walking through pet stores? On Craigslist? Or on HH? At pet stores and on Craigslist I mainly see males, but it’s hard to tell cause most times you don’t see their stomach in photos or at stores

Edited by lil BIG dwarf, 03 April 2022 - 10:55 PM.

[Little Hammy Moon]

Do you mean just, like, walking through pet stores? On Craigslist? Or on HH? At pet stores and on Craigslist I mainly see males, but it’s hard to tell cause most times you don’t see their stomach in photos or at stores

Well I meant in general because almost every time I see a hamster in front of my face their female. I guess it’s just a coincidence.

[lil BIG dwarf]

Well I meant in general because almost every time I see a hamster in front of my face their female. I guess it’s just a coincidence.

Cool! In my experience usually it’s hard to tell as you don’t always see their belly/rear end, and balls aren’t always super obvious, but when they are I think I mostly see male hamsters

[daisy~]

I have a small animal boarding business and I consistently get 3-4 male Syrians in for every 1 female Syrian.

My best guess for why is that the breeders supplying pet shops keep back more females to breed from.

I haven't had enough dwarfs guests to get reliable data but so far they seem to skew male as well.

[Kikya]

My current pet hammies are a 50/50 split but my fosters are all male lol who knows!

[Lillias]

It's mostly female here. Our local Petsmart is a female store (they only get in female hamsters; the males go elsewhere - this prevents accidental in-store breeding), so this means that local adoptable hams are often also female. I'd have to go a little ways or to the Petco to see males (Petco doesn't seem to have the gendered store system).

[snowham12345]

Hmm not too sure.
Where I am kijiji (like Craigslist) is I’d say half and half- maybe more males.
Pet stores around here are mostly males, however the pet shop that most hamsters here are bought at sells only female hamsters.
I’ve only known of a few people that own hamsters and they’ve all had male hams except for one person that had a male and then a female. The rescues around here usually have female hamsters though.

And on another online platform based around animals it’s mostly female hams.

[♥~kitkat7♥]

I see mostly males, but then again, you can't trust petstore labels, I suppose. But I would say male

[Little Hammy Moon]

I see mostly males, but then again, you can't trust petstore labels, I suppose. But I would say male

That is the truest thing I've ever heard. Pet store labels are sooo misleading! My hamster (who used to be my class pet which my teacher got) came from a pet store. She was labeled "male Winter White". She is not a male and likely not a winter white.

[HedgehogsX2]

From my litter of 4 dwarves, 3 are males and 1 is a female. But that's my experience lol.