Hi,
Hope this helps you:
To sex a hamster you need to be able to look at its genitals. This can be done in one of two ways:
Place the hamster on one hand, place your other hand over it's back and turn your hands over so that the hamster is lying on it's back.
Hold the hamster by the scruff of the neck in order to see underneath.
The concept of sexing any species of hamster is the same. The male is more elongated around the rear and more rounded than the female and this is particularly noticeable with Chinese Hamsters.
Looking at the genitals there are two 'vents' - on the male these are the penile opening and the anus, and on the female these are the vagina and the anus. The gap between these two vents on the male is usually 1-2cm apart (Dwarf-Syrian) and on a female the gap is so small that it is difficult to distinguish the two separate vents.
Sexing hamsters can be difficult, especially if they are young or you don't necessarily have both males and females to compare.
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com The basic differences are similar for all species of hamsters, Syrian, dwarf, or Chinese.
Hold your hamster on its back to look at the belly area. You can cup your hand over your hamster and gently turn it over onto its back, or hold the hamster by the scruff. Holding the hamster in a slightly upright ("sitting up" ;) position will help you determine if testicles are present.
Anogenital Distance
The surest way to tell is by looking at the anogenital distance. This is the distance between the genital openings (penile opening in the male, vaginal and urinary openings in the female) and the anus. This distance is much shorter in females than males ( in fact the openings can be difficult to distinguish in females while they are separated by about half an inch in males). This is illustrated in the diagram above.
Other Differences
? The back end of the male tends to be elongated and rounder in appearance in comparison to the female (especially noticeable in Chinese hamsters).
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? Males often have a noticeable scrotum with testicles after about 4 weeks of age, although the testicles can be retracted.
? Only females have nipples
I study animal care at college and we had to to this as an assessment, what you do is, if you can pick up the tail lift it, look at the area, if there is two balls then its a male, if it doesn't then its a female.
Hope this help.
Louise
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The female is the one wearing the dress and doing the dishes, the male is the one with his slippers on and smoking his pipe.
Females are more aggressive than male hamsters.
would help if you said what kind of hamsters u are trying to sex:)
