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Which One?

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Question
QUESTION:    I am about to buy a dwarf hamster but I don't know if the Chinese Dwarf is better than the Russian Dwarf ?!
 Please Help Which Should I Get?

ANSWER: Sona,
that's really a decision you really need to decide for yourself because in my opinion neither one is better, however the chinese dwarf hamster is more docile than the russian hamster though.

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QUESTION: whic one is more likely to bite?
ANSWER: from my personal experience i've never had a chinese dwarf hamster bite me.

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QUESTION: okay i decided to get Russian dwarfs. now i have another question if i decide to get two would it be easier to get two girls or two boys ?i mean which two would get along better?!

Answer
that's really also a preference and really up to the dwarf hamsters themselves. I've had males fight and females fight. It's really all in how they get along with each other. Me I prefer male hamsters because with males I know I won't have any babies. Sometimes the females come to the store pregnant.