Would two diffrent kinds of hamsters fit together like a short haired and a syrian?

Question

i just got a hamster in sacramento and im afraid that he lonley but the local pet stores in my city san jose only have diffrent hamsters what should i do?

Answer 1

Short haired and Syrians are actually both Syrians. DO NOT GET TWO! They will fight until DEATH! And they will most certainly not get lonely. Only dwarf hamsters enjoy company. Syrians are territorial and enjoy being alone.

Answer 2

Syrians have to be housed alone. They can't live with other Syrians safely. They live alone in the wild, so your hamster is not lonely.

No two different hamster species can be housed together. The dwarf species can only be housed with others of their own species.

Answer 3

short haired and Syrian are the same thing.  And they don't do well with others.  They will end up injured and fight until one of them is dead.

Answer 4

Okay DO NOT put them together. If one of them is a syrian, then it will KILL the other one. Syrians can't be together. They are solitary. If they are dwarfs then maybe they could be together. But if they are big then they are syrians and they CAN'T be together.

Answer 5

syrians will fight with each other :P

dwarf's are social, especially when they are young. if you don't get them social when they are young, then they will never be social.

Answer 6

its probably a pretty bad idea to "introduce" them, since they're probably territorial.

Answer 7

Well if they're both of the same s*x, I would expect a ferocious battle. If they are of opposite sexes, expect vigorous baby-making activity. Hamsters don't live very long. They try to make the most of the short time they have.

Answer 8

get another hamster and just introduce them.