How do i breed hamsters ?
You generally would breed hamsters according to their specific breed ie Breeding only Syrian hamsters or breeding only Chinese hamsters. It is not advisable to breed hamsters of different breed types. If you’ve got a friend who has a hamster of the same breed of the opposite sex, you can arrange with him/her to breed your hamsters and then share the load of having to find homes for the young. This is the case for breeding Syrian hamsters as they are more often than not kept in isolation. Dwarf hamsters are different in that they are sociable and can live in social groups – so long as they are introduced to each other after weaning and they ‘grow up’ together. If you have a cage of dwarf hamsters (who are not of the same sex), they will start to breed when they are ready – and they generally will pretty much ‘self regulate’ their breeding pattern and frequency and you just have to ‘watch’ it unfold. Generally for female hamsters, the ideal age to start breeding is at 4-6 months – any yo
