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Not true. Even if they are both Syrians (their actual name, not the bullshit 'cutesy' names they make up in pet stores like 'teddy bear' and 'panda'), and of the same gender, they will tear each other apart when they go through their hormonal phase. Syrians are solitary, and will fight to the death. And 90% of the time, even if you raise them together from the time they're little, they'll fight and it will end very badly.
Only certain varieties of dwarf hamsters can be kept in pairs or groups, and even then they need a lot of space. Syrians absolutely cannot be kept together because there is no telling when they will get a burst of adolescent hormones and decide that their best friend needs to be killed.
Every knowledgeable hamster owner/breeder/vet will tell you that Syrians need to live alone. OP, get them into separate cages before the inevitable. (Also, in b4 everyone replies to this comment with their anecdotes about how their Syrian hamsters lived together all their lives, blah blah... EXCEPTION, NOT THE RULE!)
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