Abandoned baby hammies?

Question

my sisters hamsters had babies (unexpextedly)

and now the moother is completely ignoring them and the babies are all over the cage not in the mothers nest.

what should i do? the mother isnt feeding them either,

we hav 2 other females should i put one of them and see if they will nurse the babies?

thanks

Answer 1

You could call the vet and let them take care of it till the little babies are old enough to be regular pet hamsters.

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Answer 2

If she doesn't care for them and they are less than 10 days of age, it is extrememly difficult to save the babies

if you don't take them away she may eat them

something i got prof a previous topic

theres not much you can do...

rodents only abandon their babies if something is wrong...mabe you disturbed her, mabe the babies arnt healthy...

but unfortunatly if shes decided they are not worth her time theres ntohign you can do to make her...

id leave her alone and hope she takes them back once it quiets down again...

its darn near impossible to bottle feed hamsters and unfortunatly if she realy has abandoned them she will likley start killing them if you try and put them anywhere neer her.

the other posibility however is...shes a young mother and is simply taking some quiet time to herslef

they need Mothers milk at this age...kmr is the closest youll get to replacment formular suitable but there sooo tiny there almsot impossible...

mother hamsters are HIGHLY unlikely to accept other females babies. Sorry!

hope this helps and good luck:)