DWARF HAMSTER BABIES

A dwarf hamster female may give birth to a litter size between 1 to 10 hamster babies after a gestational period of 18 to 20 days, but the average size litter is usually about 5 to 6 pups. It is best to do your research before considering starting this process if you want to succeed at getting a healthy family of dwarf hamsters.

When your dwarf baby hamsters are born they should be left alone with their mother for about 10 days. The cage does not need to be cleaned out and you should not touch them, just make sure they have food and water.

In about four days the dwarf hamster babies will get their color and in about seven days they will get their fur. They will start crawling around the cage and open their eyes in about ten days.

You can start to handle them for short times at this point, but watch the mother and take your cue from her. The dwarf hamster mother may be over protective of the new pups so be careful at first.

Dwarf baby hamsters are very jumpy at first when being handled so you should be very careful because they could be seriously injured if they would fall from a tall height.

In about two weeks the baby dwarf hamsters will start to eat regular portions of their solid food. They should always get regular and fresh portions of oats, oatmeal, wheat germ, or small birdseeds, also they can eat lab blocks after they reach three weeks of age but they will not thrive on them till they get older. Dwarf hamster babies will be healthier and grow faster if they receive small grains. Sometimes baby dwarf hamster owners will give the babies slices of apples and cucumbers.

When the baby dwarf hamster are about ten days old they will start to use the water bottle, because at that time they will most likely be able to reach it. The mother will start to nurse less often when the babies find other alternatives.

In about four weeks the baby dwarf hamsters should be weaned and they can be moved to other cages, you will need to separate the dwarf hamster babies by sex and you won’t get any inbreeding between these brothers and sisters.

If you leave the male dwarf hamster in with the mother then you will probably have another litter of baby dwarf hamster by the time the first batch is about eighteen to twenty days old, so the first litter will have to be moved at that time.

You should give your baby dwarf hamsters the same care you would with any other hamster. You should clean their cages every week unless there are babies in them. The cages should be cleaned more often if they get really dirty sooner.

They should be given fresh food and water daily. Make sure you check on your baby hamsters on a regular basis, you will want to make sure they have food and water, that they have not gotten hurt when fighting with their littermates, and they are physically healthy. Now that the dwarf baby hamsters are four weeks old so they can be sold or given away.
A dwarf hamster female may give birth to a litter size between 1 to 10 babies after a gestational period of 18 to 20 days, but the average size litter is usually about 5 to 6 pups. It is best to do your research before considering starting this process if you want to succeed at getting a healthy family of dwarf hamsters.

When your dwarf baby hamsters are born they should be left alone with their mother for about 10 days. The cage does not need to be cleaned out and you should not touch them, just make sure they have food and water.

In about four days the baby dwarf hamsters will get their color and in about seven days they will get their fur. They will start crawling around the cage and open their eyes in about ten days.

You can start to handle them for short times at this point, but watch the mother and take your cue from her. The dwarf hamster mother may be over protective of the new pups so be careful at first.

Dwarf baby hamsters are very jumpy at first when being handled so you should be very careful because they could be seriously injured if they would fall from a tall height.

In about two weeks the baby dwarf hamsters will start to eat regular portions of their solid food. They should always get regular and fresh portions of oats, oatmeal, wheat germ, or small birdseeds, also they can eat lab blocks after they reach three weeks of age but they will not thrive on them till they get older. Dwarf hamster babies will be healthier and grow faster if they receive small grains. Sometimes baby dwarf hamster owners will give the babies slices of apples and cucumbers.

When the baby dwarf hamster are about ten days old they will start to use the water bottle, because at that time they will most likely be able to reach it. The mother will start to nurse less often when the babies find other alternatives.

In about four weeks the baby dwarf hamsters should be weaned and they can be moved to other cages, you will need to separate the dwarf hamster babies by sex and you won’t get any inbreeding between these brothers and sisters.

If you leave the male dwarf hamster in with the mother then you will probably have another litter of baby dwarf hamster by the time the first batch is about eighteen to twenty days old, so the first litter will have to be moved at that time.

You should give your baby dwarf hamsters the same care you would with any other hamster. You should clean their cages every week unless there are babies in them. The cages should be cleaned more often if they get really dirty sooner.

They should be given fresh food and water daily. Make sure you check on your baby hamsters on a regular basis, you will want to make sure they have food and water, that they have not gotten hurt when fighting with their littermates, and they are physically healthy. Now that the dwarf baby hamsters are four weeks old so they can be sold or given away.