How to Keep Hamsters Alive for Dummies...
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i think its superstition..Originally posted by browniebaobao:and one more thing.. avoid letting ple born in yr of tiger to look or touch the hamsters.. if not the mother will eat up the babies.. u may think it's superstition, but it happens.
cos nth happened when my sister looked at the baby... -
my bro looked before.. then really all died.Originally posted by shinta:i think its superstition..
cos nth happened when my sister looked at the baby...
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i think... maybe... cos our female hammie too frendly liaoOriginally posted by browniebaobao:my bro looked before.. then really all died. 
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cuz its ur sister ma..good things happen..if its shinta..Originally posted by shinta:i think its superstition..
cos nth happened when my sister looked at the baby...
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...Originally posted by stellazio:cuz its ur sister ma..good things happen..if its shinta.. 
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yam is worse den me..dun buwee me..Originally posted by shinta:... 
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yea but at least i can bully him outside sgf/mapleOriginally posted by stellazio:yam is worse den me..dun buwee me.. -
i read somewhere... the mothers will hide their babies..
mine... she leave her babies exposed..
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*panic mode*
my mother say the female hamster keep throwing 2 of the babies out of the nest..
hw ar?
i read somewhere they say if like this means there's sth wrong with the baby or sth... hw hw hw? -
sadly, i think they're doomed...
i think the mother smells that they are "not hers" or something... usually happens when someone goes and touches the pups or handles them... imparting the human smell onto the pups..
they will be rejected by the mom..
which is why the covering of the cage for some time, and fighting the urge to go look and touch them, is very important..
hope the mother realises her mistake but i don't see that happening.. once they're rejected, it's too late
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Originally posted by the Bear:sadly, i think they're doomed...
i think the mother smells that they are "not hers" or something... usually happens when someone goes and touches the pups or handles them... imparting the human smell onto the pups..
they will be rejected by the mom..
which is why the covering of the cage for some time, and fighting the urge to go look and touch them, is very important..
hope the mother realises her mistake but i don't see that happening.. once they're rejected, it's too late
i read in a page..
http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/Babies.html
If mom seems to ignore the missing pup for more than 30 minutes, itÂ’s time to help. Do not pick the pup up with your hand. Instead, get a spoon and rub the bowl of it in the cage litter. Then scoop the pup up and move it closer to the nest. Sometimes itÂ’s best to drop the pup on top of the nest if itÂ’s completely covered. There is a small chance that the pup was deliberately expelled. This sometimes happens but not often. You might find the same pup out of the nest again. DonÂ’t stress your hamster but keep trying. Eventually, the pup will either be accepted or die. There may be a problem with that pup that only a mother hamster could detect.
u think this will work? -
think the remainin 7 are gg to die..
my stupid sister went to touch them
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yeah.. i hope so.. the wiping with the litter is to mask the smell.. and using a spoon also..
i hope you have NOT been cleaning the cage around this time...
when there are pups, never ever clean the cage no matter how smelly it gets
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nope didn clean the cage..Originally posted by the Bear:yeah.. i hope so.. the wiping with the litter is to mask the smell.. and using a spoon also..
i hope you have NOT been cleaning the cage around this time...
when there are pups, never ever clean the cage no matter how smelly it gets
told them repeatedly not to touch..
argh!!!!
and what doe wiping with the litter mean? -
impart the smell of the hamster to the spoon so they hamster won't be scared.Originally posted by shinta:nope didn clean the cage..
told them repeatedly not to touch..
argh!!!!
and what doe wiping with the litter mean?
but hor if your sis touch le then good luck lor -
take the stuff you use as bedding, you know, either pine shavings or some kinda cottony stuff.. take that and wipe the spoon with it..
best if you do it with plastic gloves... -
it's true. cos i am a tiger myself. it's really sad for me not to have a close look at hammie babies.Originally posted by shinta:i think its superstition..
cos nth happened when my sister looked at the baby...
i saw before n the next days the babies really gone... -
i heard dat one of the reason the mum ate up the babies is due to they r exhausted after giving birth n they need to relieve their protein back.Originally posted by the Bear:sadly, i think they're doomed...
i think the mother smells that they are "not hers" or something... usually happens when someone goes and touches the pups or handles them... imparting the human smell onto the pups..
they will be rejected by the mom..
which is why the covering of the cage for some time, and fighting the urge to go look and touch them, is very important..
hope the mother realises her mistake but i don't see that happening.. once they're rejected, it's too late -
who knows?
but it's probably due to the stresses if you disturb them.. the mother feels she cannot look after the pups, she eats them for the protein.. so that she can bear another litter the next time..
which is why you need to put high protein food inside
good stuff would be meat strips...Originally posted by 798:i heard dat one of the reason the mum ate up the babies is due to they r exhausted after giving birth n they need to relieve their protein back. -
hammies are still alive... *phew*
of the 2 expelled... 1 is accepted i think.. the mother no longer throws babies out...
think they're startin to grow fur liao
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good good!
once they are weaned, you can start to handle them.. but be careful of the mother.. she may still bite as she may still be protective of them...
good luck!Originally posted by shinta:hammies are still alive... *phew*
of the 2 expelled... 1 is accepted i think.. the mother no longer throws babies out...
think they're startin to grow fur liao -
one of the webbies say... i can start to handle them after they open their eyes and start exploring the place..Originally posted by the Bear:good good!
once they are weaned, you can start to handle them.. but be careful of the mother.. she may still bite as she may still be protective of them...
good luck!
they were born on 9 april 2006 think furs are not supposed to be out yet.. but... it looks like fur! there's this black thing covering their back n head -
yes.. only when they start walking around and can eat solid food...
they're dwarf hamsters right? if so, they'll be about the size of a 50 cent coin then...
in the meantime, see if you can get a bit of egg white for the mother.. it helps.. protein -
mom says no to gettin them meat... said sth about them gettin aggressive after taking meat related stuff...Originally posted by the Bear:yes.. only when they start walking around and can eat solid food...
they're dwarf hamsters right? if so, they'll be about the size of a 50 cent coin then...
in the meantime, see if you can get a bit of egg white for the mother.. it helps.. protein
but egg should be ok right?
maybe can give her a bit of the egg later or sth..
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mine ate a lot of meat but was still very nice and gentle
but egg... boiled egg.. a little knob will do.. if she doesn't eat all of it at one go, she'll eat the rest later..
about the size of a pea can alreadyOriginally posted by shinta:mom says no to gettin them meat... said sth about them gettin aggressive after taking meat related stuff...
but egg should be ok right?
maybe can give her a bit of the egg later or sth..
hw much is sufficient?