My roborovski hamster had babies 3 weeks ago, she just gave birth again shall i remove the older ones?

Question

My roborovski hamster had babies 3 weeks ago, she just gave birth again shall i remove the older ones?

Answer 1

Congratulations! and yes, that would be a good idea to remove them. they may be aggressive to the new little ones. or even eat them. three weeks is plenty enough to be fine on their own. of you want the mom to have any more litters, though, id wait longer next time : )    - hope i helped!

Answer 2

No.  Three weeks is too young to remove the babies.  You should remove the father so they don't mate and have babies again.  When baby hamsters are 6 weeks old, you should s*x them and split them up in to gender groups.

Answer 3

Yes, from three weeks onwards, baby hamsters can be weaned from their mothers, so you can separate them from mother hamster and put them in separate cages. Make sure that you put the males and females separately since they are capable of mating from 5 weeks of age and it can be dangerous for females to get pregnant so young.

Also considering the mother is going to have another litter, it is best to remove the older babies from cage. A second litter in 20 days is very stressful and she would definitely be very stressed out if her older litter is also wanting her attention at that time. This could cause her to kill her litter.

This is her 2nd litter and she must be already weak from the 1st litter. You should have prevented her from mating again since this is not good for her health or her litter's health. However considering that this has already happened, please make sure that you give her lots of nutritious food to maintain her health. And please do not let this happen again, it could be very bad for her health.

Answer 4

No

They might attack each other.

Doesn't seperate them or they will forget there mom

scent. Don't touch the little Babies or the mom will eat them.

Its from experience. My hamster ate it babies. It was weird.

Later the surviving babies ate there mom. You can see the ribs

of there mom.YUK

Answer 5

Yes, the older ones can attak and you just have to wait 2 weeks to touch babies and they are 3 so yes, and you should remove the male too! Just dont touch the new borns because the mother could eat them if there is to many, they are sick, or weak, or feels threatened, and also if they have your scent on them. They might not get all the nutrients from the moms milk though so you might want to give them soft food like tofu or porage, or ask the vet if there is any poudered milk you could use that is for babie hammies being seperated from the mom. If there is such poudered milk you could buy this and feed them by hand, http://www.petco.com/product/3301/Four-P... ! Also dont give the pups cows milk or puppy milk these both cause a lot more gas and bloatingif you feel they need milk, try kitten milk! Either way with or without mom I would give them soft scrambled eggs, maybe add a pinch of powdered milk, at least once a day. Also seperate the males and females of the litters, this is the ways to tell males from females if they are dwarfs and in your case they are, http://www.hamsterific.com/HamsterUniver... ! You should also seperate the older ones because the mother may get stressed from both litters and dont let this happen again because one hamster can only take so much! As I said ask your vet for advise. Hope I helped.

Answer 6

Yes, you should also separate the male babies from the female babies so they do not breed.

And separate whatever male keeps impregnating your hamster from her, as well!