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Why is there blood in my dwarf hamster cage? Are they fighting?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Unknown - Small Animal | Female

I have 2 roborvoski dwarf hamsters and this morning I have found blood in one of their houses, could this be due to fighting?

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on January 2nd, 2018

It's most definitely due to fighting, they are known to be fighting when kept together, for this reason it is recommended to have only one hamster per cage. unfortunately many pet shops tend to give false information about this, they don't warn you about this issue but this the unfortunate truth. i recommend separating them into 2 different cages.

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