My baby Hamster disappear
Man Tang
My Hamster mother birth five babies before one week ago. But now I found
than the babies disappear and remain two Hamster babies only. Why? But I
confirm than the babies can not left their house and monther also can not
left.
Did the Hamster mother eat her babies ?
Anybody can help me and tell me why ? Thank you.
Best Regards,
Man Tang
David G. Imber
On Wed, 17 Sep 1997 01:57:40 +0800, "Man Tang" <cmt...@hk.acapacific.com>
wrote:
->My Hamster mother birth five babies before one week ago. But now I found
->than the babies disappear and remain two Hamster babies only. Why? But I
->confirm than the babies can not left their house and monther also can not
->left.
->Did the Hamster mother eat her babies ?
->
->Anybody can help me and tell me why ? Thank you.
I'm sorry to say that she may have eaten them. Mother hamsters
destroy their offspring on occasion. It is not something they have
voluntary control over, but part of the species' survival instinct.
The most common reason a mother destroys the litter is stress.
This could mean anything from an environment that is too loud or dirty to a
nutritional deficiency. Also, your hamster may just have been too young to
have babies. When immature hamsters give birth, the chances that they will
behave as proper mothers are not good.
If you touched the babies at any time immediately after birth, the
mother might have destroyed them, as they carried your scent and the mother
would regard these animals as no longer part of the litter.
The best insurance anyone can have that their hamster litter will
survive is a very clean, very peaceful environment and a high-protein diet.
These are not guarantees, but help a lot. I strongly recommend that you
read as much as you can on caring for new hamsters to insure that the
remaining animals survive.
Here are some sites that can help:
http://www.jagnet.demon.co.uk/hamster/faq.html
http://www.tela.bc.ca/hamster/
Best of luck, DGI
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Maniform Creative Services
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