Hi! Please please help me!



Same old story! Thought I had two female hamsters, but alas, one is a boy.

I woke up this morning and heard a LOT of squeaking, so I picked up both of my hamsters and found a litter of babies underneath! I put the mom back and removed the father. However, she keeps the babies in a nest inside the little hut. I can't see them, or the mother. I'm worried about how to check on the babies.

Because I can't see them, I don't know how to check if they're all alive, all healthy, nursing, etc.

I'm worried if I take the hut away to check she will get stressed and cannibalize them. I'm trying to avoid that the best I can.

I think they are 2-4 days old. When is safe to start checking on them? When is the threat of cannibalization pretty much gone??