i have seven full grown hamsters and 5 of them are females. one of the females gave birth yesterday and i know i cant touch them until they open their eyes and stuff but i need to know what to do with the 14 babies she laid once they're full grown.... like who to give them to and if i can give them to pet stores? or sell them.
2006-08-21 03:54:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Most pet stores won't take them and I don't think you could or should sell them either. My hamster had 12 babies she ate 6 of them, which is common and only had 6 left I put a little flier up in the grocery store and laundromat for free hamsters and they disappeared quicker than I could count them.
2006-08-21 04:01:52 · answer #1 · answered by MOVING 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My ex-boyfriend was a hamster breeder, and here's what I remember: You have to wait about 3 weeks to a month before you can hold them; they should have fur, their eyes open, and be walking around their habitat on their own by the time you do. You should start holding them as soon as possible because it will make them friendlier. My ex didn't sell many hamsters, he usually just gave them away to friends. I think he did manage to sell them to a pet store once or twice, you might go around to local, small store (nothing like Petsmart or Petco) and ask them if they need any.
14 is a huge litter, and is terrible as this sounds, I wouldn't be surprised if about a third of them don't make it. The mother and the other babies will eat them if they die or are too weak to live very long.
Good luck!
2006-08-21 04:06:11 · answer #2 · answered by rachelinjapan24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we have gerbils. and over the summer last year, we had 20 babies. we sold them to the pet store for 'in store credit".
i don't know about hamsters but with our gerbil mommy, she didn't mind us bothering the babies. however i hear that gerbils are a bit more easy going than hamsters. good luck!
by the way, we kept the babies with the mom up until they were about 4-6 weeks old. the mommy can and will most likely get pregnant very soon after giving birth, so watch out for that. you should probably already have the males and females separated, if you don't want more babies.
2006-08-21 04:05:01 · answer #3 · answered by jenzen25 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 08:52:32 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may want to take all the other hampsters out of the cage sept the mother.....some times the others will kill babies.other then that you can keep some sell some give some away.just do your self a favor if you hold on to them for awhile dont mix the girls and boy's or you will have more babies on your hands
2006-08-21 04:03:25 · answer #5 · answered by Lj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact local pet stores and see if they will take them. You could also place an ad in the local paper and try to sell them or give them away.
2006-08-21 04:02:06 · answer #6 · answered by AsianPersuasion :) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could call the pet stores to find out if they would be willing to purchase them from you.
are you wanting to make a profit from them? otherwise find some ppl who'd love to have a hamster and give them away.
2006-08-21 04:03:37 · answer #7 · answered by NyteWing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dip 'em in corn batter and deep fry 'em
2006-08-21 04:00:52 · answer #8 · answered by Dutch58 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋