Handling & Owning Multiple Hamsters

"On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Laura. Hamsters seem to get along well with more than one or two in the tank. We have had up to 12 in a tank at a time. Unlike rats or mice, they don't get too aggressive. Doing this at home, is not recommended unless the pets have been together since birth. When we get the hamsters in, they come in together so they are used to each other. If you would like to introduce one hamster to the other, make sure you do it at the same age. You have less tendency of causing problems. I recommend of having at least 2 hamsters together. Hamsters need company and they get bored easily. Introducing hamsters is not an easy task. If you've already had a hamster and you want to introduce another hamster, the best way to do that is buy a separate tank for the new one, put the tanks next to each other and let them get to know each other that way before you introduce them into the same tank. Male hamsters can be aggressive. If you put another male hamster in, they may attack. So the best way to avoid that problem is either to have two females or male and a female. Now you get 3 or 4 hamsters at the same time, you should not have any problems with this."