Our hamsters bore 7 young but they died or the adults ate them after only 2 days. Both the male and female are still inside the cage so we don't know which one killed or ate their young?
2006-10-21 12:57:18 · 9 answers · asked by tomatoes 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Don't listen to that Alf guy who said to jar em up and teach them a lesson. Hamsters, mother hamsters in particular, will eat their young if they smell human hands on it usually. Also, sometimes hamsters and other animals just do this. It is very saddening to hear your hamster story, but it is just nature and that is all i got for you.
2006-10-21 14:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
please separate them so they dont have more babies. often hamsters who do this with one litter will repeat it and shouldnt breed again. there are many reasons this could happen & u will never know for sure which of them did it. sometimes it's because the mother is too young, sometimes the babies are sickly, sometimes the parents are stressed. r they syrian? syrians shouldnt be housed together at all & when breeding they r separated immediately after breeding rather than left together.
good luck
2006-10-21 17:51:43 · answer #2 · answered by galaxygurl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The female hamster always eats their young ones when there hungry. So you need to feed them a lot
2006-10-21 13:01:41 · answer #3 · answered by mm 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it would be the female i had hamsters befor and still have 1 now it would be the female because i have actually seen her eat them.
2006-10-21 13:26:14 · answer #4 · answered by light of darkness 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually it is the mother who goes psycho and does that. If she is a good mother, than she won't let the male around the babies if she sees or feels he is a threat.
2006-10-21 13:07:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately nature is very brutal, and this is just one example. We used to raise lots of them for pet stores, and sometimes this happened. Unfortunate but true. I even had a purebred miniature schnauzer do this and I was devastated!!!!
2006-10-21 13:07:16 · answer #6 · answered by smileyfish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well take them to vet .
next time when they have babies separate the male from babies and female
put together mom and babies you will know then also
2006-10-21 13:06:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
next time they have babies seperate the babies from your hamsters ..... they might need their mother so mostly i gus from the male
2006-10-21 13:02:28 · answer #8 · answered by pianoplayer4life 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
next time they have babies, set up a video camera, and watch
2006-10-21 13:00:53 · answer #9 · answered by sevenout7 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋