Posted by Haru on April 11, 2003 at 01:55:29:
In Reply to: please read and help....... posted by ReptiKH24 on April 09, 2003 at 22:48:00:
I've read at a hamster association site that inbreeding isn't uncommon, and bredders actually often do it themselves. I've had inbreeding happen among my hamsters once by accident, probably mother and son, and the litter seems pretty healthy and active. I'd say it depends on wether your hamsters already have health problems, especially diabetes.
Hope that helped at least a little.
:i have a tank with 1 mother hamster and her 3 daughters living together. They don't fight and get along well. I have my male hamster in a smaller tank stacked up on top of the females' tank. This morning i wake up and i find the male with the 4 females, 3 of which are his daughters. I saw them mating before i could take him out. My qestion is... would the babies come out deformed or have problems because the father mated with his daughters?
