Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
That's news to me...where are you getting this information, that they "all get tumors"? (I used to breed hamsters, but was careful not to inbreed them.)
Now most creatures, including humans, can get tumors "easily" when they get older, but that's not the same thing as an absolute.
Ah, I both read and heard it somewhere a long damn time ago. Hamsters have strange genes. It just runs in their species, like its part of their DNA. That's why it's common to hear hamsters getting tumors as they grow older. I personally go against breeding, but regardless of inbreeding or not, it's still in their DNA.