We're assuming they are sisters; they look almost identical except for the fact that Polly Jean has become a big, big fatty. When we first got them, they were a few months old. We got two hamsters because we didn't want them to be lonely. They were fine growing up together, but a couple of months later, their maturity got the best of them. Territoriality set in and they began to fight like crazy. (Think of the dust cloud fighting you see in cartoons, with limbs flying, and claws out-stretched. Pretty much like that, except with plenty of squeaks and squeals.) Lucinda ended up losing a patch of flesh, so they have lived in separate cages ever since.

We learned the hard way that hamsters are solitary creatures. They really like to have their own area. However, I would not take this so far as to say that they are not social creatures. They are so funny and love to have attention paid to them! They get excited when we come in the room and run right over to their cage doors in hopes of an excursion.

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