Can I? Dwarf Hamster Question!!?

Question

My winter white dwarf hamster had 4 babies one week ago exactly. Since tomorrow they will be 8 days old. Can I feed them a little piece of a vegetable something?? If I can, what should I feed em? All I have is red apples, egg, and baby carrots(all things hamsters can eat). Is one of these acceptable?

Answer 1

i read on this site that if you interfere with the mother, pups, or cage in the first 3 weeks of life the mother may pick up your scent or be stressed and abandon or eat her young.

Answer 2

Stay away from fruit until they are older. The natural sugar in fruit could kill them at that age. I would go with cut up baby carrots, lettuce, and maybe cheese.

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Answer 3

Mine had 5 pups and they are 3 weeks old now.  Just yesterday I started putting fresh apple pieces out for them and they came out of the nest to eat. I also lowered the water bottle so they could start drinking,  I know you are not supposed to go near the babies at all or disturb the nest until they are 21 to 28 days old. I also put spray millet (tiny tiny seeds sold for birds on a stem) in for them and they are eating it also.

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Answer 4

You need to wait two to three weeks until you mess with the babies.