The Dzungarian hamsters are lovely and amusing beings. These are some of favourite pets of the person. It is not so difficult to look after them, and positive emotions from observation of small animals and communication with them it is possible to receive much. When a hamster one, it is unimportant what he a floor. But if you decided to be engaged in cultivation of Asian hamsters, then have to define correctly upon purchase of couple, a male it or a samochka.
Instruction
1. The easiest to define a sex of an adult individual. But usually there is a wish to buy a very young hamster. In that case harder and harder. Right after the birth it is impossible to distinguish a hamster boy from a hamster girl. A little strong indications of a floor appear at Asian hamsters after a month. At this age and after them it is possible to take away from mother. Examining such absolutely very young cub, be accurate. Take him by the scruff or put on a palm up a paunch. Hold the head and the top part of a little body with fingers, the back of a small animal let freely hangs down from a hand.
2. Attentively consider genitals of an Asian hamster. You should compare several individuals to see a difference. At a male the anus and genitals are located further from each other, than at a female (approximately in 0.7 - 1 cm from each other). And they differ from each other a little and look as tiny shishechka. Sometimes it is possible even to find at this age a small sack about genitals is a scrotum. But at cubs it is noticeable not always.
3. Touch a tummy of the kid – in the center the males have seed gland to the touch reminding a navel. A tum of females smooth, but on both sides there are nipples, they can be considered, having moved apart wool. One more sign – dense wool around genitals at Asian hamsters boys. Females do not possess such noticeable vegetation in this zone.
4. There are also indirect signs on which it is possible to understand which of the Dzungarian hamsters a male and who – a female. Strangely enough, the last are much more aggressive in relation to the person and are uneasy. Besides, usually it is more than the size of girl and is thicker, and from boys smells stronger. Besides, sitting in one cage, Asian hamsters males fight among themselves, and females live with each other peacefully.