10 Easy Steps To Raise Your Baby Hamsters! (What do you do when your hamsters have babies?)
Like 3 Dislike 0 Published on 6 Oct 2012
Just 10 easy steps! :) If you have any questions, please do ask. THESE are the explanations for the steps that take place:
- Remove the father.
[Prevent a re-pregnancy]. The father hamster may be very helpful with the pups, but he can also get your mother hamster pregnant again! If she is pregnant while nursing the babies, it can be very hard on her body.
- Place the cage in a quiet place.
[Loud noises may stress or agitate the mother hamster and she may end up eating her pups or even neglect them.]
- Remove harm accessories.
[These are such as wheels. Pups are extremely fragile, and if they happen to get stuck in these accessories that you place in your cage, they would often get seriously injured or die.]
- Place a tiny shelter.
[This can be taken as an optional point, but rather helpful. It is cozy and lets the mother relax and rest after nursing her babies.]
- Neglected babies.
[As explained in the video.]
- DO NOT EVER EVER EVER TOUCH OR DISTURB THE BABIES.
[This is very critical point that most hamster owners don't take seriously. The slightest human scent you pass on the babies, the mother will get confused since rodents rely heavily on smell and think that that pup isn't hers. She can end up neglecting them or even eating them. ALSO, if you disturb the babies, the mother hamster will get stressed and end up doing the above procedures.]
- Do not clean the cage.
[Again, it may disturb the mother hamsters.]
x Thank you for watching!