Question:
Can a teddy bear hamster and a panda bear hamster have babies?
1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Can a teddy bear hamster and a panda bear hamster have babies?
Thirteen answers:
2007-05-10 13:46:00 UTC
yes they can if you have a female and a male together

but i wouldn't recommend it

hamsters fight once they reach adulthood and will eventually kill each other. there is one species called i think Siberian hamsters which can be kept together in peace but others they will sooner or later get into a fight and one will soon die. but it is possible for hamsters to have babies.just make sure you take the male out of the cage while the female is pregnant
WC
2007-05-10 12:51:50 UTC
I think that they can.
VINCE
2014-05-29 20:57:11 UTC
Be Careful ! In-bred hamsters (Syrian) are often plagued with problems like deformities or back flipping/star gazing scenario or ultra aggressive attitudes or just odd-*** goofy colored hamsters. In short - - - Don't let them mess around ! ! !
beachy
2007-05-10 13:26:55 UTC
yes they are both syrians, make sure u separate them at birth.
Joe Dragon
2007-05-10 13:01:07 UTC
Sure can. When my mother was a little girl she used to have a hamster and it escaped and mated with the mice in the house and pretty soon the tenants started seeing different hamster-colored mice all around the house. lol.
toomeymimi
2007-05-10 14:25:40 UTC
Yes they can. You will have some really neat hamsters from that combination.



Good luck. Wish I lived close, I'd buy one from you!
Nea
2007-05-10 14:02:21 UTC
probably, mixed breeds sometimes turn out interesting
Charles C
2007-05-10 12:55:16 UTC
All hamsters can interbreed.
glenn wcmowashingt
2007-05-10 12:54:18 UTC
yes but they will be considred mixed
Pythoness
2007-05-10 12:59:05 UTC
Yes. They are both Syrian hamsters, they're just different colors. The "bear" names are just fancy names put on common coat colorations to make them seem like something special and entice people to buy them for more money than they are actually worth. What you actually have, in real hamster terms, is a black Syrian hamster and a Black Banded or dominant spot Syrian hamster.



So, since they are both Syrian hamsters, the answer is yes, they can breed.



Should they be bred?



No.



They are probably not of breeding quality stock, especially not if you purchased them from a pet store.



Also, keep in mind that Syrian hamsters can have up to 20 babies per litter. Are you sure you can find homes for 20 hamsters before it's time for them to go (4 weeks)? If you can't find homes for 20 hamsters, do you have the space to keep them all housed one per cage? (Becuase, as I'm sure you know, Syrian hamsters are not social animals, and should not be kept together in cages.)



Also - Syrian hamsters will fight if they are introduced together and the female is not in heat. Fights can turn deadly in the blink of an eye. Do you know how to tell if your female is in heat? If not, are you prepared to let one of them die in a fight, or get severely bitten yourself trying to separate them?



Breeding is not something to be taken lightly - you will be responsible for LIVES, LIVING BREATHING BEINGS, not toys.
Brenda C
2007-05-10 12:55:04 UTC
Generally interbreeding hamsters does not work. If you want to get more information about breeding hamsters and hamsters in general check out this site.
April
2007-05-10 16:01:13 UTC
Yep, they're both hamsters so why not?
2007-05-10 14:44:11 UTC
DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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