Do not know how to determine the floor of the hamster? Read the article. It describes the rules and signs of the implementation of this procedure.
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If you want to purchase a hamster, then the first thing that can puzzle you is the gender of your future pet. In particular, you need to know this if you need to buy a pair of your homemade fluffy animal, which already lives at your home. How to do this, read in this article.
How to distinguish a boy’s hamster from a girl - home Jungaric, Syrian, small, newborn, adult: Rules
When purchasing a hamster, it is important to know its floor if several animals live in the cage. These are important reasons why you need to know the floor of your pet:
- For choosing a name. It will be ridiculous if you call the hamster a male name, thinking that this is a boy, and then it turns out that this is a girl.
- If you plan to engage in breeding these animals.
- Hamsters of the same floor, if they put them in one cage, will not get along. They will often fight, injuring each other.
It's important to know: It is not worth hoping for the help and consultation of the seller in the zoological store, since he is not always a specialist in the field of the animal world, and can provide incorrect information.
To find out the floor of the hamster, you must first know the basic rules of examination. If they are not observed, then you can injure the animal or it will have severe stress. These are the rules:
- Do not inspect the hamster when you want it, you need a suitable moment. The animal may even bite if he does not like something. The best time for examination is after sleep. The animal at this time is more calm and relaxed. Do not inspect the animal when it plays or after eating, as you can provoke its discontent or even vomiting.
- During the inspection, lay something soft to the place where you will lay a hamster. If you can’t hold it, and the animal will move, then it will not be injured. For this, some kind of soft cloth, for example, a terry towel is suitable.
- From the cage, a hamster must be taken by the skin foldwhich is located between the shoulder blades. But be sure to adhere to Puziko during this so that it does not injure.
- Turn the animal on the back and put on a soft towel. During inspecting, support it under the back.
- After the examination, put the animalTo relax and calm down.
Advice: To examine small hamsters is much more difficult than adult individuals. Therefore, inspect the baby better together. One person must hold, and the second - to carry out the procedure. After examination, be sure to give the hamster something tasty to relieve stress.
It is worth noting that it is much easier to determine the floor of a hamster in adult individuals. All signs are distinctly traced, as well as the seeders in the form of an almond -shaped form that are near the male genital organ are clearly visible.
It makes no sense to inspect the newborn hamster, and it is almost impossible to determine the floor in such babies. Hamsters can be perfectly in one cage for the first 3-4 weeks, regardless of sexual characteristics. When the animals are spent a month, they can easily determine the floor and they must be planted to avoid undesirable offspring, as well as fights and injury of males.
How to determine the floor of a hamster: diagram, photo, video
The diagram, which is shown above can be seen that the boys have three holes: anus, the genitals and glands. Girls have only two holes: anus and female genital organ. There are also differences on external signs:
- Wool Girls have a little shorter than boys.
- Stomach Females are almost not covered with fur, and in the boy, on the contrary, he is fluffy.
- If two hamsters of the same age are sitting nearby, then the animal that is smaller in size is a boy. The female is much larger.
- It is almost impossible to find a navel in a female, it is not visible.
Here are a photo of a hamster:
If you compare the hamster with the boy’s photo, then the difference is obvious and it is easy to see, even a non -professional. Here is a photo of the boy:
You can determine the floor of the hamster by behavior:
- Females are more mobile. They actively play and run a lot around the cage.
- The boys are more calm and lazy. They will show activity and aggressiveness if another male is in the cage.
But signs of determining the floor by behavior do not give a 100%guarantee. There are only 2 true ways:
1. The most accurate way is the definition of the location of the genitals:
- As mentioned above, the girl has only two holes on the tummy: one of them is anus, and the other is the genitals. If there are doubts, then you can measure the distance between these two holes. It should be no more than 3 mm, if so, it means that you have a girl.
- In boys, the distance between the holes is much larger - up to 1.5 cm.
2. A reliable sign of the definition of a female - Nipples:
- Eight nipples on the tummy, which are located in two rows, is a sign that indicates a female.
- Boys have only two nipples.
The definition of sex hammer is a mandatory skill for those who plan to engage in breeding these animals. At the age of 3 weeks, this is necessary to determine the pair, and at the age of the rodent is older than a month, this will be needed to separate same-sex babies.
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