Robo hamster Babies? Seperate or keep together?

Question

My hamster just had babies, and I read something that you shouldn't keep them together or else she will eat them. , before she even had birth, And so I was panicking and I got the mum into her ball, then I read that I shouldn't do that because she could eat her young, to protect them. Now I am confused and nervous, I don't want to see little hamster parts all around, what should I do?

Answer 1

Leave them alone for two weeks with the mother without disturbing them at all. Don't touch them, don't clean the cage, don't even spend a lot of time hovering above it - if the mother feels threatened, she could kill the babies. She will also kill them if they are sick, too weak to survive, or if she feels she can't properly care for them. For the most part - "mother knows best." The less you interfere, the better.

Once their eyes are opened, at about 14 days, you can begin to handle them a little and clean the cage out - the mother is less likely to eat them at that point.

When they are about 4 weeks old and approaching sexual maturity, you'll want to separate the boys into a different cage to prevent accidental pregnancies.

Answer 2

u must keep them together so she can feed them. try not to touch the babies,if she can sense that someone has been near her young she will eat them. you can touch them after about 3-4 weeks. google your question for more details. congrats on your babies! good luck

Answer 3

Don't touch the mother or the babies now. You should not touch the litter for the next two weeks since the scent of the pups would change and the mother would kill them then.

Let her nurse the babies till they are about 3 weeks old. DO NOT disturb the nest during this time as she may decide to turn on them and eat them. The cage will smell during this time - that's unavoidable, any attempts to change the bedding material would increase the likelihood of cannibalism so it's best to just leave it for the moment and put up with the smell.

Sometimes despite all this, the female hamster will still cannibalize her young, this is common in female hamsters bred under 4 months and in older females who will cull some babies to reduce the numbers in the litter or if the mother thinks that some pups in the litter are weak. There is nothing we can do to control this.

Give the mother high protein foods like hard boiled eggs and skimmed milk. You can also give her bread soaked in milk. Add vitamin drops to her drinking water (you will get the drops at the nearest pet store) during this time.

At about 3 1/2 weeks of age, the hamsters are ready to be sexed and weaned - they are no longer reliant on their mum for nourishment. You can keep them in 2 different boxes/cages (all the male hamsters in 1 cage and the females in another or the females can be kept with the mother in the mother's cage).

They can be kept in these groups for a further 2-3 weeks. Of course, if they are syrian hamsters, they have to separated into individual cages by the 4th or 5th week.

Answer 4

You shouldn't touch or disturb the babies or the mother until they are weaned.  The babies can't live without the mother so of course you shouldn't separate them!