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jkudach
08-04-05, 09:01 PM 08-04-05
well my baby girl seems to be a baby boy...

up untill now our smallish hamster who definatly didnt have the parts to be male, all of a sudden developed a large testicle like swelling where hamster testicles usually grow...

what im getting at is up untill now (we have had it for about 5 months maybe 6) we had every right to assume that our she was in fact a she, has anyone heard of this happening before or could it be something else?

thanks for the help!
o0sapphirerat0o
08-04-05, 09:20 PM 08-04-05
could be something else, I'm sure there are "late bloomers" but that seems to be a bit long....

do you have any pictures?
7GameSavvy
08-05-05, 07:01 AM 08-05-05
Yeah, I think it might be something else. You can usually tell at least by 4 or 5 weeks. I hope she's ok.:)

Savvy
pinkoreo92
08-06-05, 10:35 PM 08-06-05
Yeah, that is unusual at 5 months! Have a vet check it, it may be a tumor.
jkudach
08-07-05, 06:10 PM 08-07-05
well when we first got beans, it was a "he", we got beans from petco, and "he" was in the male cage, but was the only male or female hamster left. they even gave me a little sheet that said male fancy hamster or whatever they put on it. well then we got my mother a hamster, and peanut is defiantely a he! (very large "peanuts") so since beans is a smaller syrian and because there were no visible testicles beans was now a "she", but like i said all of a sudden i came back from a weekend trip and there are what appear to be testicles. there is shape and what appear to be a pair, and now im not sure. other then that beanse is acting normal, sleeping alot eating, wheeling, you know normal hamster stuff

so you can see how canfusing this all is =)

and to beans too, he/she dosent know what it is, i keep calling it different things!
BellaItalian
08-07-05, 06:33 PM 08-07-05
I would take it to the vet or back to PETCO and have them check again because that seems unusual....

Bella
BellaItalian
08-07-05, 06:40 PM 08-07-05
I would take it to the vet or back to PETCO and have them check again because that seems unusual....

Bella
o0sapphirerat0o
08-07-05, 08:06 PM 08-07-05
I wouldn't take it back to petco, most store employees don't know anything about them. A vet is your better choice.

pics would help :)