Sexing/Telling If Male Or Female

So you've chosen your hamster and your both very happy together but now we need a name!!! Hang on... we can't name a girl Bob and a guy Jessica...right??? So we need to know the gender...but how we will figure that out is the question? Well that's EASY!

#1. You have to look at.. ahem... the hamster's genital area. Well first pick up your hamster (go check out my handling post if you need help on that) and look below your hamster. There genital area is located just below their stomach/under their tail.

#2. If it's a male you will see...ahem... a penis awkward discussion but the males will have more of a bulge, that is visible from behind. (You also will see their testicles) The males genital is just above their bum hole/anus.

#3. For a female if you pick her up you will see nipples/breasts down from her mid chest to hips. You will also see no bulge underneath. You will just see her lady parts. Her breasts are used to feed her young. Try your best when handling a female hamster to avoid her breasts only to avoid pain for her.

-Sorry if this was slightly disturbing for you in any way but this is probably the only technique you can use to tell the gender between a male and female hamster.

Taming Your Hamster

So once you've picked out your new hamster and your ready to start training them, then this is how you can start. Make sure your hamster is ready to be trained, you should wait a week or two before you start handling your hamster.

So once your both ready this is how you begin:

1. Make sure your hamster is awake. Gently and smoothly approach your hamster. Make sure they are 100% awake then you can start stroking them/petting them. Go easy make sure your stroking them in the direction their fur is naturally going in.

2. Don't jump to this step. Make sure you have spent at least 2 or 3 days petting your hamster for 10 to 20 minutes each day. After these couple days you can start picking your hamster up. Your hamster is probably more comfortable with you now. So gently wrap your hands around the waist of your hamster. Slowly and carefully lift them from the ground. Quickly put your free hand under your hamster for support.

3. Good Job. If your hamster nips you/bites you don't be angry with them. They are probably just uncomfortable or afraid. Rinse the wound with cold water and apply peroxide to your wound. Put polysporin and a bandaid.

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