Hamsters and Breeding?

Question

Can i six month female mate with a 1 month old male and have babies?

Answer 1

Pet Store hamsters should never be bred.

They have often been inbred and that will show up in the babies as missing limbs, organs, or eyes.

Even if you say it comes from a REALLY good store, you should contact the store and ask to get the number for the breeder they use.

Contact the breeder and ask about mortality rate, and any possible defects in the line.

IF you insist:

Do you have a small animal vet and funding in case the pregnancy or birth goes wrong? Or if one severely injures the other?

Try and find a reputable breeder near you and get some of his better breeding stock for your litter(s).

Are you planning to keep the babies or adopt them out?

If you are planning on keeping them, you need to get enough living spaces for them- new cages, etc.

If you are going to adopt them out, you should have enough homes BEFORE the babies are conceived.

If she gives birth and decides she isn't ready, she will eat her babies. Same if she is too old. Anything over 4 months is too old to be bred for the first time, but younger than three can present problems.

The male needs to either not be housed with her during the pregnancy, or removed IMMEDIATELY after the babies are born, or he will impregnate her within minutes or hours or birth, that's how hamsters work.

Do you know enough not to try and change the bedding for a week or so after the babies are born, so as not to upset the mom? If they smell like humans, she will eat them.

That is a lot to think about and do research into.

You can contact breeders in your area and get some research done, using pet stores as base references.

Answer 2

i dont think so.... i think hamsters are mature enought to breed after they're two to three months old. try and see but i highly dought it

Answer 3

yup any ages can have babies

-Cole's Girl-

Answer 4

yes they can