My friend and I both purchased a dwarf hamster from pet smart from the same liter at the same time. They were housed in different cages until my friend could no longer keep her hamster. I took him off her hands and put him in the same cage as my hamster.
They have a very strange relationship. They will sleep next to each other and interact fine then randomly start to fight. There is always squealing and it never seems serious but they both have a few scratches on their noses. Nothing too alarming. I didn't pay too much attention to them for about a day and came back to find my hamster, the Original one in the cage, with a large patch of fur missing and what appears to be dried up blood.
Alarmed, I quickly separated the two hamsters into different cages.
What should I do? Is it safe to let them be in the same cage?
They have a very strange relationship. They will sleep next to each other and interact fine then randomly start to fight. There is always squealing and it never seems serious but they both have a few scratches on their noses. Nothing too alarming. I didn't pay too much attention to them for about a day and came back to find my hamster, the Original one in the cage, with a large patch of fur missing and what appears to be dried up blood.
Alarmed, I quickly separated the two hamsters into different cages.
What should I do? Is it safe to let them be in the same cage?