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I have baby hamsters and I wanted to hear from others who have them.
Caring Guide For Baby Hamster
By Jalte Aimal
One cant just take his eyes off hamster pups, as these tiny cute little creatures will sure have your attention. Baby hamster are born without any fur and are closely attached to their mother. Though you may have the desire to hold them, bare in mind that there is nothing you can do within two weeks period after delivery.
REMEMBER NOT TO TOUCH THE BABIES!! Your action might harm the babies and change its scent thus confuses the mother. She will think that they are not hers, abandon them and worst she might even eat the babies (it did happened to my hamsters). Not to cause any stress to the mother, avoid cleaning up the cage within this period. It is advisable to place the babies at the bottom of the cage as none of them had opened their eyes yet.
After the 2 weeks vital period, you can hold them but only for a brief period as not to disturb or stress the mom or babies. You can also clean up the cage and place fresh beddings in most of it. Remove just the soiled parts in the nest area and put a good portion of the old bedding in it. Put the babies back in the nest after it is cleaned up followed by the mother.
Once the babies eyes are opened (which should occur on the 11-12 days, but some take less/more), they should figure out how the bottle works. In order for them to reach it easily, put it lower and in an area where they frequently go. If they havent figured out how to use the bottle and you are worried about them not drinking enough, you can give them pieces of cucumbers to prevent dehydration. Do not put water in a bowl to prevent them from falling in and drown or catch a cold.
At three weeks, you can separate the babies if you observe any fighting among them but if they seem immature, less developed and not quite independent enough to leave mom just yet, let them stay together until they are four weeks old. When they reach five weeks old, independent and have a healthy development, they can be placed in new homes and play in new surroundings and environment.
Jalte Aimal is the owner of site MyHammie.com. You may freely reprint this article as long as nothing is changed, and bio is included with all links intact. Hamster Care Guide The most recent version of this article could be found at Caring Hamster Babies
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- Open Question: Help me!! PLEASE! 10 points for best answer!!!?
my pudgy little well loved hamster has appeared to have escaped! I know she escaped in the garage (which is warm and heated!) because that's where her cage is. The problem is her cage shows no sign of being left open and i assure you is completely escape proof! So shes pulled a magic trick! I am extremely worried and have left her little bed and food and water bowl in the middle of the floor hoping to entice her. Is there anything else I can do? Also I recently bred my two hamsters together in September (they're in separate cages) and I merely accepted that they couldn't have babies when none came, but recently my hamster has become very pear shaped and fat and grumpy. Could she have sneaked off to have her unbelievably overdue babies in piece? Please help and sensible answers would be appreciated!! 8 hours ago - 4 days left to answer. Additional Details No don't worry the only reason my family keep the hamster in the garage is because we have a cat who likes scaring the life out of hamsters! We just don't want the hamster to be scared!! ALSO SENSIBLE ANSWERS! 7 hours ago - 23 minutes ago
- Open Question: My hamster had babies and when can I hold them?
They are 4 days old and I know some websites say you can kold them when they are 2 week old and other sites say 3 weeks. - 26 minutes ago
- Open Question: Dwarf hamster, any info u can give me?
I have been raising hamsters since I was 7. The thing is I have never really had a dwarf hamster, and now i own 2,Madonnaa and Katara. (My baby sister named the first one.) but, my tan colored one, does this thing where it boxs me when I go to pick it up. Its not cute! It tries to strick out at me. Please explain this and any other info u want to give me. - 56 minutes ago
- Open Question: I hate three adult DWARF hamsters and seven new arrivals. How do I tell what kind of dwarves they are?
I have three adult dwarf hamsters and yesterday when I cleaned the cage I found that there are not three or five but seven new arrivals. I'm so happy! So now I have a total of ten dwarf hamsters. One problem; what kind are they? I need to know what kind they are so that I can sell/give-away the babies (all but one), even though I don't want to. Also, in certain dwarfs I heard that there are illnesses to watch for, so how do I tell which type of dwarf are my hamsters? Hamham is bigger than the other two adults. And he's a different color, a tanish. Hamham looks like this: http://www.hamsterific.com/HamsterUniversity/images/CagesGalore1.jpg and the other two adults (and their babies) look like this http://farm1.static.flickr.com/176/430138436_98e3713206.jpg PS the mom's white the dad's gray. There are four gray babies and two white! and uhh, since this photo doesn't really help: the gray (dad) hamster is dwarf with gray body, white belly, black beady eyes, darkish if not black stripe down back and the mom is wonderful: RED EYES flawless plain WHITE FUR! what kind of dwarfs??? So how do I tell what type of dwarf my hamsters are? Thanks. PS it doesn't really matter about this one because my dad already fed it and it's wife and baby to the hawk, but what type of dwarf is...WAS this? http://z.about.com/d/exoticpets/1/0/i/k/littlerudyh7329.jpg NOTE/NOTICE: IN THE HEADING OF THIS QUESTION I SAID "I hate three..." I MENT "I have three adult dwarfs"!!!! I forgot. The eaten-by-hawk hamster looks...LOOKED like this http://images03.olxsg.com/ui/1/85/39/1447639_3.jpg (until the was... came out the other end) and his wife/mate looked JUST like this http://y2u.co.uk/Knowledge_Information/I_zq5/RN_Animal_Hamster_1.jpg http://xc0.xanga.com/1e3b93f06243245689471/s30837730.jpg bye HAMHAM HAS NEVER BITTEN ANYONE (but the others, the mom and dad, have bitten me before to try to escape but I held them down to the cage and since they've never bitten me again but so far the babies haven't bitten at all.) the hamsters CAN'T be the same! Hamham and his family alike are ALL bigger than the mommy. I found that the daddy IS russian dwarf so thanks Amanda! BUT I don't think russian's can be white . I saw white ones on google images but i did NOT see white ones WITH RED EYES. Thanks all answers Nevermind about the DADDY gray hamster, I found that he looks JUST like a russian dwarf. THE DADDY HAMSTER IS RUSSIAN DWARF - 2 hours ago
- Open Question: hamster fight togetther?
my hamster have born 10 babies but i put the girl with the boy after 5 days form the borning but the girl beat boy when can i put they together plase help - 5 hours ago
- Open Question: Please help (again) 10 points for best answer!!!!?
my pudgy little well loved hamster has appeared to have escaped! I know she escaped in the garage (which is warm and heated!) because that's where her cage is. The problem is her cage shows no sign of being left open and i assure you is completely escape proof! So shes pulled a magic trick! I am extremely worried and have left her little bed and food and water bowl in the middle of the floor hoping to entice her. Is there anything else I can do? Also I recently bred my two hamsters together in September (they're in separate cages) and I merely accepted that they couldn't have babies when none came, but recently my hamster has become very pear shaped and fat and grumpy. Could she have sneaked off to have her unbelievably overdue babies in piece? Please help and sensible answers would be appreciate Additional Details No don't worry the only reason my family keep the hamster in the garage is because we have a cat who likes scaring the life out of hamsters! We just don't want the hamster to be scared!! ALSO SENSIBLE ANSWERS! Thanks I haven't founsd her yet so keep answering! don't worry, we don't use the garage for our cars.... its basically just a room with boxes in it! How long has any1s hamster ever gone missing for? Does my hammie have a chance? - 5 hours ago
- Open Question: My hamster attacks her baby?
I have two female Robo dwarf hamsters in the same tank, and the mother constantly attacks her baby. The baby is old enough to be on its own, but I don't have room for another cage to separate them, or enough money to buy another set of supplies, because I have two males in another cage. What should I do? Thanks in advance. I did NOT breed them on purpose. The pet store couldn't tell if they were males or females, and I thought they were both males. - 6 hours ago
- Open Question: squeaking baby hamsters? read & answer. thanks?
i put my 3 week old baby syrian hamsters in their own cage last night so they all have their own cage well today when i got home i went to check on them & one of the hamsters started squeaking & really hasn't stopped hes not doing it know but if i was to walk over their & check on him hed start doing it again, ive tried to calm him down but it didn't work. i tried checking on my other hamsters & it did the same thing, know y? hey brook u dont know what your talking about, you cant mess with the babies till atleast 2 wks old, & i do play with them everyday, i think its because they are scared & were use to being with eachother - 6 hours ago
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