QUOTE(ix3Rukia @ Oct 4 2011, 11:08 AM)
buy formulated milk to feed the babies if u dunwan mom to feed it. But it is very troublesome coz u need to feed them every few hours.. What brand bedding u use?
Copy and paste from website.
At 10 days or sooner they will begin crawling out of the nest. Their eyes and ears are not open yet, but they follow their sense of smell to find food. When they do this, you may want to begin feeding enough greens and fruits for them also, but chop them up in very small pieces to make it easier for them. If they don’t have that moist food and only eat their mother's dry food, they will dry up her milk supply, especially with a very large litter. They need the moisture from the fruits and vegetables as well as her milk. You will also want to make sure that the water bottle is low enough for them to reach it now.
Pretty soon, the babies will become rounder and fuzzier, and look more like hamsters. They can be weaned as early as 18 days, but it is better to keep them with the mother for 28-30 days. Males can be taken away a little sooner. These babies are 3 weeks old (21 days), and this is when I usually separate the males from the mother and the rest of the litter.
Just to let u know , i separated my male babies from the mother at 20 days old. Females at 23 days old. But it is winter white. I think u can separate ur babies from mom already. Have they opened their eyes yet?
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http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2046317i use chipsy bedding. I put the 2 surviving babies into shoe box, A4 paper as base, 2nd layer with tissue, then only i put bedding. For the greens and fruits, i tot that hamster will having diarrhea if eat these? Because they eat dry food i think.. can apple/ Cantaloupe/ honey dew suitable for them?
my hamster open their eyes since 3th week.. now i think almost 5th week d.
I do not know what happen when i put them inside box, 1 of them seems broken his leg. Then both of them now eyes like close again, looks like bleeding. My GF said their eyes is growing so they close it back.. can someone confirm me on this eye thing?
Added on October 9, 2011, 6:06 pm4 babies, 3 of them who looks most like the father, died. 1 died just now. left the 1 tat looks healthy, can run from me at least when i wan touch them. haiz..
first time have hamster babies then like that. haiz
This post has been edited by Chisinlouz: Oct 9 2011, 06:06 PM