Hamsters are some of the most popular and unpretentious pets. It is possible to buy a hamster practically in any pet-shop or in poultry market. Experts recommend to buy hamsters males as at females allocations from genitals with a specific smell are observed from time to time. However the inexperienced buyer hardly without preparation will distinguish a male from a female.
Instruction
1. The simplest and checked way will be suitable both for short-haired, and for long-haired breeds of hamsters. You just pick up a hamster and overturn him a tum up. At a female the distance between openings (vaginal and anal) is much less, than at males. At the self-check the distance can make only couple of millimeters, and at males to reach centimeter and more.
2. Besides, if you buy a hamster of short-haired breed, then it will be even simpler to distinguish a male from a female. The fact is that even in quiet situation at such hamsters testicles are well noticeable. At the self-check on a tummy you will be able to consider two rows of nipples. If you buy a hamster of long-haired breed, then it is possible to distinguish a male from a female and on a woolen cover. Wool at males always longer, and at females grows wool in the form of "short skirt".
3. If you buy a hamster of the Dzungarian breed, then with sex determination it is necessary to work. If on sexual openings it is not possible to distinguish a floor, then you can feel a tummy of a hamster. At males in the center of a tum gland similar to the touch to a sore or on pupochek is groped. At the self-check a stomach smooth.