Sexing Your Baby Hamsters

By far, the easiest way to determine the sex of your baby hamsters is by making them lie on their back and checking for rows of dots on their belly. This can be done when the hamsters are at least 2 weeks old. These rows of dots are the female hamsters' nipples (Male hamsters do not have nipples).

Once the hamsters are old enough though, you can determine their sex by looking at their genital area:

Try to get a clear look at the genital area of the hamster.

  >you can use a clear container, and allow the hamster to crawl inside. once inside, you can look at the underside of the container to check their genital area, or

>you can let the hamster climb in your hand, and then hold them flat against your palm using your finger, and gently lift them up so you can look at their genital area.

Female genitalia looks like a short letter Y, a short distance from the anus, while male genitalia is a small dot, placed a little further away from the anus.

It would be easier to sex the hamsters once they reach 5 weeks of age, because their genitals would have developed more, and the testis of the male hamsters would be more obvious. Also, the female hamsters' genitals would be more obvious.

*Image grabbed from www.myhammie.com