Newborn Baby Syrian Hamsters

Females capable of reproduction will want to mate every four days.

Newborn baby syrian hamsters. The mother does most of the work but you do have to make sure that you re very careful in following the procedures correctly to make sure your hamsters are happy and healthy. If you have no knowledge in hamster or. Dwarf hamsters are weaned by their mother earlier than syrians at about three weeks but a dwarf mother may tolerate her pups a little longer than a syrian mother. A couple days before your hamster is going to give birth her stomach will swell to a very large size.

A syrian that is roan in color with a white belly has the recessive anophthalmic gene. Weaning the baby hamsters the baby hamsters will be ready to wean off of their mother at about three weeks of age. Text for more information. The female gives birth to 5 15 babies known as hamster pups.

Some hamster mothers might allow the females to stay for a day or two more. If you have syrian hamsters each baby needs to be given its own cage or they will start to fight. I do not support unethical or uneducated breeding. This video is not meant for people trying to breed their hamsters.

By dooneyr68 dayton ohio oct 10 2020. But since the largest breed the syrian hamster is only four to seven inches long when full grown you can bet that your baby syrian hamster will be quite tiny. This is the best time to separate the males from the females if you have dwarf hamsters but syrian hamsters can stay in these male and female groups for another two to three weeks. Roborovski hamsters may gestate for up to 30 days.

The pups are born blind and naked but quickly grow to become energetic young hamsters which need to be separated from the mother once they turn four weeks old. Handled daily around children and other animals. Baby syrian hamsters 25 00. If you mate two of these together you will get all white newborns that are eyeless and will die in a matter of two weeks.

Syrian hamsters typically gestate for 16 days while many dwarf breeds gestate for 18 21 days. Pregnancy lasts for 16 17 days in syrian hamsters. At about 4 weeks old all hamster babies should be split from the mother into two cages one for each sex. Newborn baby hamsters are born with teeth but their ears and eyes will be closed for at least the first week.

The size of the pup will vary depending on breed. I have very sweet 5 week old syrian hamsters. Raising baby hamsters isn t hard. There are only two reasons for deciding that hand rearing is the way to go.

If the mother has died before the litter are 14 days old under no other circumstances should hand rearing be the.