Sex change
Margaret McMillan
I posted a wee while back regarding our new male hamster, Binky, who was
really shy. Anyway, I've recently noticed an odour of peanut butter on
him - we've not given him peanut butter for a while. I was wondering to
myself whether Binky should, in fact, be called Binkina?
Having looked at the breeding thread of the newgroup, I see that someone
had mentioned the female hamster smelling of peanuts when in heat. Do
males ever smell of peanuts?? It makes no difference whether Binky is
male or female as we only have one hamster and I'm not planning on
breeding or anything - I'm just curious.
I know the obvious thing to do would be to 'check him out' - but it's
impossible to hold him upside down for longer than 1 second!
Cheers, Margaret
Citizen
If it is a syrian and past 4 months it would be very hard *not* to
notice his masculinity signs (cushions) ;-)
Maybe someone can post a link to his or her Mister Syrian so you can
see for yourself. ;-)
Tony News
underneath with Syrian hamsters. Their back end looks a different shape.
Females are a sort of rounded hatchback shape while males have a distinct
boot (trunk I believe for our American posters) shape to use a car analogy.
Descriptive writing never was my strong point! As Citizen says elsewhere in
this thread if you can look underneath, Binky's testicles should be visible.
I've only got one photo of Zippy from the rear and it isn't totally helpful
as her long fur disguises the shape but I shall scan it and post if you
don't get a good one elsewhere.
Tony
Tony
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Margaret McMillan
> If it is a syrian and past 4 months it would be very hard *not* to
> notice his masculinity signs (cushions) ;-)
> Maybe someone can post a link to his or her Mister Syrian so you can
> see for yourself. ;-)
He is a Syrian hamster and we got him as a baby in February so I think
he's at least 4 months old. Hmmmm, it would be interesting to see a
picture of what I should see if I do manage to hold him upside down!
Thanks, Margaret
Daniel or Butterfly
of "titties" then its a female as males either do not have such noticeable
"titties" or do not have them at all. I have never really looked on my males
to examine that far. Male hamsters have noticeable ball sacks that are
possible to be sucked up inside them but for the most part hang down. There
is also a shorter distance between the anus and pee area on females than
males. I will post pictures of a male and female soon on the Hippy Hamster
site http://www.visualsun.ws/hamsters
-Daniel
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program on this computer and until 5 minutes ago didn't know how to upload
with Internet Explorer (or fact how to use Aditi's scanner) so you can see
my first attempt on
http://hamsterhome.users.btopenworld/ziprear.jpg
If it doesn't worlk I'll type the correct address in the next post!
Tony
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http://hamsterhome.users.btopenworld.com/ziprear.jpg
> Here is Zippy's rear three quarter photo. The white fluffy bits are I
believe known as "butt brows". A while after this picture was taken she got
them tangled and needed a trim. The rear fur now goes all the way round.
Tony News
occur every 4 or 5 days or is it constant. I wouldn't like to say whether or
not the scent of a female hamster is like peanuts or peanut butter. My sense
of smell is unreliable. All I can say is that there is a hamster smell. I
don't think it is objectionable or anything but just a noticeable scent when
near the cage. Will Binky still be Binky if the sex is confirmed as female,
it sounds such a gender free name. Perhaps if Binky has male connections for
you how about Binkie!
Margaret McMillan
Poor Binky will be wondering why I'm staring so intently at his private
bits !
Cheers, Margaret
Funkey Monkey
<ma...@inf.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
You know... this thread got me thinking. 'Jerry' my hamster had not
developed testies yet and I noticed he was a little irratable and his
cage was kinda stinkier then usual. It took a while but the light
finally came on and I realized my sweet little boy is a sweet little
girl. Is it normal for a hamster to be irratable when there in heat?
She is normally laid back but today I woke her up and laid my hand in
her cage to wait for her to wake up and come to see me, but she ran
over and bit my finger. Not hard or anything but a definate you
making me mad bite.
Tony News
is more active and much more keen to come out and run or run in her wheel on
the days she is detectable by scent. Zippy and her cage do not normally
smell so I suppose that is why it get noticed.
Tony
"Funkey Monkey" <t.sharp...@verizon.net> wrote in message > >Hi,
Daniel or Butterfly
When we got home and I was showing her off suddenly I saw huge testicals.I
laughed "You're not pregnant you're just a Fat Bastard!!".Thats how he was
named.news:ctqfbv0tu6vekt2m7...@4ax.com...
Daniel or Butterfly
slept. I noticed something that looked like a one month old hamster under
Snuggles. I thaught my 3 year old had put it in the cage. Upon closer
inspection I noticed it was just his testicals.
Atsukomiya
http://community.webshots.com/photo/56018769/72233929HtLBgc
As the weather gets warmer, these 'cushions' will look bigger. This picture
above was taken in a hot summer season, when he was asleep (so the cusions were
relaxed too :-0 ). He was probably 7-8 months old at that time. I am looking
forward to seeing him sleeping like that again this summer.
I hope everybody enjoys the pic. :-D
Ako
Hilary
Holly and Bundle seem to have synchronised their cycle and smell strongly on
the same days. Also I've notice the day after that they are more likely
to have a "I'm not getting out of bed for anything - not even a grape day".
Most of the time they will run for hours in their balls ( with loo and food
stops of course - they ram my ankles for attention when necessary, I'm
trained!!). So I wonder if they feel a bit under the weather or more tired
at that point in their cycle?
:o)
Margaret McMillan
hello,
Thanks for all your help. I had a look at Binky last night - the smell
was away so he was only really 'smelly' for about 2/3 days. He has been
more lazy than normal though - sleeping quite a bit whereas he was more
active last week so perhaps we just do have a wee girl hamster as I
couldn't see any noticeable testicles and from, what I gather, I
wouldn't have been able to miss them! I think we'll keep the name Binky
but suddenly I'm seeing him (her) in a different light. I'm sure his
eyelashes have grown longer !
Cheers, margaret
Tony News
butter to see if it smelt like the female hamster smell. I can't say it did
seem similar but as I have said my sense of smell is a bit suspect.news:3EB7D100...@inf.ed.ac.uk...
Margaret McMillan
Although I think we'll just keep the 'y' on the end - don't want to
upset her! Christine kindly sent me pictures of male and female
hamsters and I can say without reservation that Binky has no male parts!
Thanks again,
Margaret
laurah
I didn't think it smelled like peanut butter so much as really a
musky-hamstery odor...my husband says he doesn't notice it at all. And it
only gets to me sometimes. As long as the cages are clean its not really
that intense. Once when I was sick and hadn't cleaned the cages for slightly
over a week the smell got to me. I didn't even know they got a bit 'ripe'
until then. :) First time I knew hamsters could 'stink'.
Laura
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hamsters didn't smell unless neglected that I'm now sure my brother and I
were unfairly criticised and the hamster "odour" was my brother's female
hamster! We had only had a male before. I can assure you that our hamsters
were not neglected in any way but my mother liked to make sure!
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Ratgirl
atsuk...@aol.com wrote on 6/5/03 11:30 pm:
> OK, it's time to show off Fuku-chan's mighty manhood again.
>
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/56018769/72233929HtLBgc
Cute :-) More pix for us this summer too please !
Ratgirl. XX
Ratgirl
spamst...@btopenworld.com wrote on 7/5/03 9:48 am:
> Not half as odd as what I did this morning. I had a good sniff at the peanut
> butter to see if it smelt like the female hamster smell.
LOL !
Ratgirl. XX
Ratgirl
ma...@inf.ed.ac.uk wrote on 7/5/03 11:53 am:
> Well, I'd just like to say thanks again. Binky is officially a Binkie!
> Although I think we'll just keep the 'y' on the end - don't want to
> upset her! Christine kindly sent me pictures of male and female
> hamsters and I can say without reservation that Binky has no male parts!
Phew ! Glad that's sorted :-) Hello *Miss* Binky !
Ratgirl. XX
Demonskrye
butter to see if it smelt like the female hamster smell. I can't say it did
seem similar but as I have said my sense of smell is a bit suspect.
Tony >>
It may not be your sense of smell alone. When Andrew and I were concerned
about Jinx's odor (at the time we didn't realize she was just in heat) we both
came up with descriptive similies for the smell and neither was anything close
to peanut butter. It's possible that different hamsters smell slightly
different when they go into heat. Since I've only had one female hamster, I
can't say for certain.
Demon and Jinx and Igoo
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Cristy
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Daniel
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> I bought an extremely pregnant hamster from a "female only "hamster cage.
> When we got home and I was showing her off suddenly I saw huge testicals.I
> laughed "You're not pregnant you're just a Fat Bastard!!".Thats how he was
> named.
Pet store employees sound more like a boyfriend that a friend of mine had.
After knowing him for a while & dated a few times with nothing more than a
kiss a time or two, she had eventually lost interest in the guy (too
immature) & they talked less & less often as time went by. He later
approached her asking if she didn't like him because he'd gotten her
pregnant....and this guy was in his 20s. She had a bit of explaining to try
to do.