Posted by miste26 on April 04, 2003 at 22:42:10:
In Reply to: Re: mommy hamster is neglecting babies posted by violet7560 on April 02, 2003 at 18:56:05:
:Actually, the reason the mom isnt caring for them is because you probably touched them with your bare hands and the mother got defensive. Chances are the babies will die because without their mother, there isnt anything they can do.. It's a loss and I know it's hard to deal with, just watching them die, but that's the deal.. But they are 2 weeks old, so maybe, just maybe, they WILL live.. It all depends on how the hamsters are really. If the others are still suckling, then the others that are being neglected probably wont make it. If you have any other questions, please dont hesitate to ask me. Good luck with the hammies =)
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I didn't touch the babies at all. I read that you can't touch them till they are about 21-28 days. Is this right? I lost one of the babies. It looks like she ate it. I may have lost another one I won't know for a while. She seems to have taken a bit of interest in them now. I see that the babies are now 19 days old and are starting to run around the cage and trying to eat for themselves. The mommy keeps bringing certain ones back to her. She doesn't bother with all of them but yet they all seem to live. Maybe she does it at night so I can't see what she's doing I don't know. I just hope that they live.
