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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 07:56am on 25/05/2010
Roborovski hamsters (usually) like to live in groups with their littermates, unlike most types of hamster, and they did seem happy together. I do hanker after rats occasionally!
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posted by [identity profile] nellorat.livejournal.com at 04:26pm on 25/05/2010
I had never heard of Roborovski hamsters (I cop to reading LJ sporadically, so you probably said it but I missed it). Truly AKICIF--or AKICILJ. Apparently some people refer to them as robo hamsters, which is nicely scientifictional.

I have heard of even Syrian hamsters living together, but only if they are from the same litter and raised together; in one case, a vet neutered two brothers so they could keep living together.

We've given up on introducing two intact adult male rats to each other: they can get along, but they can also fight horribly. (The only times [livejournal.com profile] womzilla and I have needed medical help for a bite were when we tried to break up a fight between two intact bucks. Because I'm diabetic, the hospital gave me IV antibiotics for one such bite!) An adult male will accept male babies, though, and a neutered male can live with either males or females.

One advantage of rats is that you could have two to four of different ages in one cage and so have affectionate consolation when one dies. I often say, "The only cure for ratsie grief is ratsie love."

I love "Flash's Stash Cache."
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