ya'know Martin? wellll

[~OREOHAZELMARTIN~]

This morning I was taming him and I pet him near his bum, and his tail started curling around my finger. So I went "huh, that was weird" and thought nothing more about it. Until later my mom looked some things up and found out that only GIRL hamsters do that. I went to check on him and saw that he had no... ahem, testicles. So yah, hes a girl! From now on I'm still gonna call him a guy and his name will still be Martin. I know its weird but I've always just thought of his as a guy and it seems wrong to think of him as a girl...

 

[Maz]

Martina? We have a Mr Maggie on here as well - a girl who turned out to be a boy I haven't heard of the curling the tail round you think before, as hamsters have such short tails! What species is she? Chinese? A chinese hamster does have a slightly longer tail and they do wrap it round your finger The way to tell is if she has two lines of nipples underneath. If she's handleable you could have a look/feel. If that could stress her out - well maybe wait a bit. However lack of testicles itself doesn't necessarily mean she's a girl. One of mine didn't seem to have any for a long time! And then they gradually appeared.