Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
are you sure that rainbowbrite was a dwarf hamster? syrian hamsters are solitary animals and will fight to the death when sexually mature. Syrain hamsters will kill other hammies as well over territory, like dwarfs or chinesse hamsters. syrian hamsters are alot larger then dwarf hamsters up to 3' or more when adults!... while dwarfs are tiny little buggers only staying at around 2' or less as adults.
that is horrible! I've never heard of hamsters that fought to the death?.. they could've been syrians, we did get them from a pet store after all.. actually, I was talking to my sister about it yesterday and she said they were actually teddy bear hamsters, she thinks