My sister had 2 hamsters - they mated, had several babies. Eventually the mother ended up eating one of the babies - I've heard of this happening before....buuut: she just found the "kid" hamsters eating the mother's head! Why would the 'kids' eat the mother??? I've never heard of this before..
2007-02-23 12:10:58 · 9 answers · asked by Swaygirl27 4 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
This is not a joke either; I am serious...I know it's disgusting but it happened and I have no clue why. And my sister didn't mistake eating for playing - there was blood, etc...the mother is definitely dead.
2007-02-23 12:21:16 · update #1
Wow, that is something that is not common. This might of happened because you are supposed to remove the babies after they are a couple weeks old. The mother ussually eats the babies and not the other way around. Sorry that you lost the mother but that baby must have issues.
2007-02-23 12:41:59 · answer #1 · answered by Hamster lover! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know why the mother ate her babies because you should never touch the babies or get the babied...if you the hamster going to eat the baby....go look at yahoo!!and type what your looking for!!or go to the library and find a book about it!
2007-02-23 20:21:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the mother was sick the babies would eat it alive, but you could of mistaken them for eating the mom when they were trying to get the mom to playing with, trying to eat milk or something.
2007-02-23 20:17:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is weird and disgusting and I have never heard of that happening before you may want to talk to a vet and see if he/she can tell you why they did that and if it is normal.
2007-02-24 00:46:31 · answer #4 · answered by dawn_myhamsters 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
almost all rodents do this on some occasions.i would offer them bones to gnaw.this sometimes help
2007-02-23 20:22:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe they were just really, really, really, really hungry :D
2007-02-23 20:18:34 · answer #6 · answered by D310N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is so0o0oo sad
2007-02-23 20:27:14 · answer #7 · answered by Hi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no comment
2007-02-23 20:16:22 · answer #8 · answered by lizzie1422 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
lol
2007-02-23 20:19:58 · answer #9 · answered by Caramella 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋