Um, something tells me a picture wouldn't be very helpful when it comes to hamster sexing.

Well you do have all that free time and you and nams have been discussing art. Give it a shot. You will need a really sharp pencil though as those things are pretty tiny. Of course I do have the AC down pretty low. Think that might make a difference?

Well, I guess you could just watch them 24 hours a day and see who does what.

Shrinkage?

Hey Pio, can I store my trench coat in your closet? Mine is full.

So, it is quiet. Should I post poetry or lyrics?

Yes - shrinkage.

Hello TKO,

Keep me in your thoughts/prayers today...I'm having a bad day.

2much

'Morning folks!

Have a great trip Luna, even though you're already gone.

{{{{{2much}}}}} share what you want when you can. My warmest thoughts are coming to you.

Todd, are you against the use use sleep aids or do you get enough sleep at other times during your day? When I was in the midst of the crazy marital mess I went through & I was unable to sleep I couldn't wait to get Ambien. For me, not getting enough sleep made me more depressed, unable to think clearly or function well. Sleep was a reprieve.

Pio, sounds like you have a healthy approach to hamster family planning. You might also want to consider bringing in snakes should the adult hamsters have their fill of eating their young.

Pio, about 6 years ago, my eldest daughter burst into tears one night because she'd done a terrible thing. Turned out she had smuggled two 'male' hamsters home and was keeping them in a shoebox in her wardrobe. Thus began an epic saga of incest, polygamy and cannabalism. Thankfully a good friend of mine was home-schooling and took a load for a science project. We had a whole bathroom full of cages as we tried to separate male from female and in the end they just had to have their own cages. We had a couple of escape episodes where two would end up together and the whole cycle would begin again. The last hamster died about a month ago. I was thrilled.

They stink. They make loads of noise at night. They are vile little rodents. They are worth breeding only if you have a friend with a pet snake. Good luck trying to sex them. I'm convinced they swing both ways! TT

TT, LMAOPMP!!!!!!!

2much, so sorry.

Luna, have a good trip.

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Hamster Gender

What's for dinner?

"Large, pronounced testicles & scrotal sack."

They're kidding right?

LMAO. I have a feeling that they are serious. What really struck me as I read the article was picturing Pio looking for hamster testicles. But then again, I am not at all certain that he knows what testicles look like...

There's a discussion at the other site about transparency. A BS posted that after her WH agreed to transparency, he demanded that the BS also become transparent. The BS is not against transparency per se, but communicates/vents with female friends about the A and R process. Overwhelmingly, the advice is for the BS to become transparent for a variety of reasons.

What do y'all think?

Nams, here goes my spotty memory again but I think I talked to one of my docs about sleep aids. He said that docs are not really sure of the effect that sleep aids have on the brain and would not give me a script. He suggested the usual BS: take a warm bath, drink milk, don’t watch television an hour before bedtime, read, etc.

(((2Much))) Thinking of you.

Sorry 2much.

((((((((2much))))))))

TT,

I guess you didn't see my solution for the hamster noise. I may patent it. I learned that hamsters are night feeders so, at first I had DD1 draw a nice picture of the sun and sky and I put it behind their cage with a flashlight at night. Then I put a dark sheet over the cage during the day. I tried to fool them that day was night and night was day. I'm really not sure why that didn't work but those little guys are smarter than you give em credit for. So I went high tech and have never looked back.

Quite right. Gemela took mine years ago and I haven't seen them since. Maybe I can ask her.