2006-07-14 07:02:23 · 13 answers · asked by angelhernandezjose 4 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Take out the father. If he is left in the same cage with the babies, 9 out of 10 times he will become aggressive and kill the babies.
2006-07-14 07:05:59 · answer #1 · answered by Kikyo 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
TAKE OUT THE FATHER. There are a ton of reasons for this.
1)He may eat the babies, or stress the mother into eating them or abandoning them.
2)Most small animals can breed right after the litter is born, in fact they may have already and there might be another litter on the way. This will put too much stress on the mother, as she will be trying to feed two litters at once. It may also cause her to eat her current litter or the next one.
3) Unless you're talking about dwarf or Russian hamsters (the really small ones, not teddy bear hamsters or the common short haired ones in pet stores), hamster are solitary and shouldn't even be housed as a pair to begin with, unless you are trying to breed, but even then they shouldn't always be together.
Keep them separated from now on. From the sounds of it you don't know much about breeding so you shouldn't try it again. Leave that to experienced people, as there is no shortage of hamsters. I cannot recall the weaning age of hamsters (I breed mice), but make sure to separate them at this age. Find a book about them or a good site on line for help on raising the pups.
Make sure the mother has extra food as she has to supply milk to all of her young now. Too little food and she might cannibalize the babies. I suggest adding a couple pieces of kitten food to her diet for extra protein. Do not disturb the mother much for the next little while.
2006-07-14 07:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by Right On 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont think you HAVE to separate them. Keep watch on them and see what happens. We had many baby gerbils and didnt take the father out.
2006-07-14 07:07:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take him out, he can impregnate her as early as 24 hours after birth, she can store sperm and preganate herself later on or just go right into another litter and the first babies will suffer and mum could die :O(
he will help her with the babies for a bit but then he will try to mate as soon as poss. He wont HURT the babies unless they are disturbed, but mum will kill or eat htem if she is threatened, wait till he is out and about in the cage then get him moved
2006-07-14 07:07:17 · answer #4 · answered by littlestarr02 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honey, unless you want hamsters in 21 days after she had her litter I'd say get dad out of there! It may already be too late!
2006-07-14 14:51:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him out. Hamsters, rats, etc have been known to eat their babies if anything comes near them.
2006-07-14 07:06:03 · answer #6 · answered by June V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Separete the father or he eat little hamsters!
2006-07-14 07:10:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave it with them they need a father in their little life!!
2006-07-14 07:18:06 · answer #8 · answered by andrea A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taake the father out or he might get jealous and kill the babies
2006-07-14 07:06:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to see the male eat them, otherwise get it out of there.
2006-07-14 07:05:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋