Dwarf hamster breeding help?

Question

When a female dwarf hamster gives birth to pups, to you keep the father with the pups?

Answer 1

Yes you can keep them together, the male will help raise the babies. But beware, the mother can breed again within 24 hours of giving birth. If you only want this one litter, remove him, however they will need some time for reintroduction again when you breed them later. Give mom at least one week to recover from each litter before selective breeding. Male babies need to be separated from mom between 4-6 weeks. Now unlike dwarfs, Syrians must have the male removed or he'll eat the babies. Only keep Syrians together for mating purposes at about 20 minute intervals. Here's a link to help you further on dwarf breeding.

Answer 2

If you don't want anymore litters, then you need to separate them before she gives birth. A female will be ready to breed again very soon after giving birth. While Campbells Russian Dwarves can live in pairs and trios, they can also live alone. If you leave the male in with the female, he will help care for the young. If you're concerned about separating them, here's what I would suggest:

Leave the male in with the female and expect a second litter. When the first litter is old enough to be weaned (hopefully before the second is due), take the father out into his own cage. At the same time, decide on one male son to keep and put him in with his father. Decide on one female pup to keep and leave her in with her mother. She will help raise the next litter. The remaining pups should go into two new cages, one for males, one for females, until they go to the pet store or friends and family that are taking pups. When the second litter is ready to be weaned, you can keep another female or two, but remove all the males and any females that you aren't keeping. You'll also want to separate these into two tanks again of males and female. Then take them to the pet store or to the homes you've found for them. You'll be left with two cages, a father and son in one cage and a mother and daughter(s) in another. Splitting them up in this manner ensures that you don't have to re-introduce father to son or mother to daughter as they'll have never been separated so there won't be any acceptance problems.

-Janice
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Answer 3

Dwarf hamsters are social, so they can all stay together without problems. Make sure you have plenty of food for everyone though. The dad will even help keep the babies together and will lay on top to keep them warm when mom is up! I have raised dwarfs successfully for years now and I typically have 3 females and one male together all the time.

Now if for some reason you do NOT have dwarfs and have the regular hamsters, then you DO need to take the male out as these guys are asocial.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

NO you cannot leave the male in the same cage with the female when the pups are born. either he will kill them or she will put them in her cheek pouches and they will die anyway. remove daddy if you can a day or two before you expect the pups and do not put him back for at least a week.

Answer 6

Next time you breed hamsters, consider the crowded amount in pet stores already, crammed together in cages. Hamsters are bred over and over, then placed in pet stores which a lot of times aren't as clean as they should be. I've had three hamsters die from a disease that causes internal bleeding for a hamster, thanks to the poor quality of the cleaning done. There are so many hamsters inhumanly treated already - please stop creating more.

Answer 7

dont breed hamsters