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- Hamsters eat their litter for many reasons. If the litter is not weaned and you touch them then most of the time the mom will not smell her scent and might not care for them which is one way they will die, or she feels they are a threat so she will eat them.
- After a mother hamster gets pregnant you have to separate them from the males. They get stressed. That will cause them to eat their young as well. And the males try to take over.
- Another reason is the mother's overcrowding and territorial instincts. If you have too many hamsters in one cage, the mom will feel that there is not any way to protect her babies anymore and will start eating them
- Usually because she feels that they are under threat or she cannot cope with that many babies.
- Perhaps she does not feel safe. Perhaps she is underfed or missing some kind of nutrition.
- Typically a mother hamster needs to feel protected from people and other hamsters, with a comfortable partially secluded area. This may be a small nest box or a area piled high with shavings and litter, in a separate cage from other hamsters. Try not to disturb her too much when she has very young with her. Keep other pets away as well.
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∙ 14y agoFemales will if they are disturbed and scared. They are just acting on the decision that if a predator finds the nest and eat the babys, the mother will have lost nutriants, but if she eats the babys, then she will get them back again! Just nature, but try not to disturb the female or she may cannabalize.
Basically, don't disturb and poke around the nest and don't touch the babys!
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∙ 15y agocuz you touch yourself at night
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Do father teddy bear hamsters eat their babies?
Yes, the father teddy bear hamsters do eat their babies so if your hamster has babies separate the male from them.
What should i do I am getting to hamsters if they mate and she has babies should i get them out of the cage immediately so she doesn't eat them?
If she does have babies, take the male out so she WON'T eat them. She may get stressed. Also, don't get the baby hamsters out of the cage. They will probably die, and if you put them back in the cage, the mother hamster may eat them. Just watch the baby hamsters and the mother hamster. Hope this helped. DON'T TAKE THE BABIES OUT OF THE CAGE!!!!! With out the mom the babies will die. And if you put the babies back before they die she will eat them. Besure to take the male out yhe cage. If she feels like here babies are indangered she will eat them.good luck.
Why do hamsters eat their children when they feel scared?
They actually only eat their babies when they sense that they are in danger or someone has touched them.
Can to female hamsters be put together?
never ever put syrian or dwarf hamsters cannot be put together because they fight but boys and girls do not (but they have babies obviously!) they fight and it can lead to death!!! :(so dont do it!!! Edit: Actually, male and female hamsters will also fight in between mating and the male will eat the babies or stress out the mother so much that she will eat them. Hamsters are solitary creatures by nature and so it is best to keep them apart once they aren't babies anymore.
Do hamsters eat there babys?
Yes they so but only sometimes when baby hamsters are born don't touch them until they grow a coat because if you touch the hamster when its a baby it will gain human smell so the mom will eat it and either way the male will eat it anyway when its a baby so put the male hamster in a different cages
Do father teddy bear hamsters eat their babies?
Yes, the father teddy bear hamsters do eat their babies so if your hamster has babies separate the male from them.
Why didn't our hamster eat her baby when i touched it?
hamsters DO NOT eat their babies.
Will the female hamsters eat her babies?
Yes,if you touch there babies in two weeks of birth.
Why do hamsters eat there young?
the dads will eat the babies cuz they think that they are food
Are hamsters vegaterins?
O hamsters are not vegetarians. One reason is that if you breed them they might eat there babies. Another thing is they eat mealworms.
Do hamsters eat other hamsters babies?
yes.. either that or they'll fight until the baby dies.
If humans observe baby hamsters will the mother hamster eat the babies?
only if you touch the babies
Do hamsters eat their full grown babies?
No only seahorses do. Gerbils eat there dead.
How do you change a hamsters cage with 12 baby hamsters?
It is very important that you do not touch the baby hamsters because then the mother will smell human on them, and she will eat the babies. What you need to do is transfer the babies with a plastic spoon or something to another location. The mother will eat her babies. So you want to keep them separate. After the babies are removed, clean the cage as usual.
Do hamsters eat their babies when they put it in their check pouches?
No because the mother hamster is taking the baby hamsters to a safer place.
Is it safe to join the father hamster to the baby hamsters?
No. The parents will eat the babies.
Do hamsters eat there full grown babies?
No there mouths r not big enough
