What Do You Feed Newborn Baby Hamsters When Mother Isn't Caring For Them?

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What Do You Feed Newborn Baby Hamsters When Mother Isn't Caring For Them?

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Answer 1

Anonymous answered

We have 14 syrian babies whose mother died when they were eight days (they are 10 now) we have a luke warm hot water bottle in their cage which they sit on and we put a drop of milk in front of them and they are lapping it up. They are also enjoying wholemeal bread soaked in the milk and bits of peeled apple to help with dehydration. So far we haven't lost any...

Answer 2

I hope they made it but if anyone else needs the same answer I will answer. There is kitten formula they can eat as well as wetting the hamster pellets so they can easily eat them. There are also small seeds in the hamster mix. Wholewheatbread, wheatgerm, small bits of egg. By 2 wks they can eat regular hamster food.

Answer 3

You feed them warm kitty milk out of a bottle! Also take them away from the mother!

Answer 4

Are they weaned? If so, just leave them alone all in separate cages. They do not go well together, even brothers and sisters will fight and kill each other.

Answer 5

Geez... Not a good day I'm guessing!
If it's still a pinky (no fur, eyes closed), which I'm assuming it is, it's chances are very, very slim, and if it doesn't make it you should feel like you should have done something more, it's just a very fragile little thing that isn't intended to survive with out it's mother's constant care and attention.
You can try going to the pet store and getting a can of puppy formula and feed it every 2-3 hours with a eye dropper, just a drop or two.. Just 'til his belly rounds out and is full... Once he stops lapping, take it away. After each feeding you you'll have to stimulate each pup to urinate and defecate, just like the mom would do... Gently rub its urethral and then anal areas with a warm, moist tissue or Q-tip... Until it goes (should do it right away)

When you feed it with the eyedropper be very careful and to do it gently never forcing the fluid because it's real easy for a pup to inhale the fluid into it's lungs, and if that happens it just won't make it.

Answer 6

Anonymous answered

How long before they can feed and are for themselves, baby hamsters

Answer 7

You could take it to the pet store and ask the experts. If you want the hamster to live you might have to let it stay with hamsters of its own kind or you might have to spend some money

Answer 8

Oh my god you can't because it is so hard they are so small still a bottle wont even fit in theyr mouth you have to keep them warm and I guess get a lil plastic glove make a lil hole in it put it in a lil piece and feed them

Answer 9

I have 3 russian dwarf hammies, 2 female 1 male, one of the females is psycho. They both just had babies and I don't know whose babies are from whom. Should I leave them together or should I take the little mean one away?

Answer 10

The mother is dead. My guess is they didn't leave her rotting body in the cage. The most reliable hamster info is at www.hamsterific.com The link for raising orphans is www.hamsterific.com Don't listen to any other advice because it's usually wrong.

Answer 11

Well we have had up to 160 hamsters at once crazy they breed so fast usually the mother eats them if she is sick or they are going to dye anyway I know that hard us as our nature is so different is it her first litter that might be why remember not to let the male in with her because he will kill the babies as for your little one the first 3 days days they need there moma so bad I don't know if we can do her job, she makes a nest and is pretty much there with them for the whole time