Hamster Babies

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I tried to get pictures and they were all really blurry because they are sitting in a green wheel right now. Here is a video of the babies moving around. It's not the easiest to see, but you can see them moving around. The noise you are hearing is the mom chewing on the cage. She does that every time you go near it.

http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/rhayward19/?action=view&current=MVI_0506.flv

Here are a couple of pictures.





Once they come down into the normal part of the cage, I will get better pictures.
 
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Heres some better pictures. It's eyes arent open yet, but it walked all the way down the slide by itself.
 

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Oh good grief what a tiny little creature! I am intrigued, how old are they when they can start to look after themselves and be independent of mum? The only thing I know about hamsters is not to touch or disturb the babies cos mum may abandon or turn on them, and that you have to separate them quite young because they are little breeding machines! Other than that I am in complete ignorance about them, other than they look cute
 

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Look how cute and tiny. What a brave fellow to come down the slide without his eyes open...
 
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Originally Posted by Epona

Oh good grief what a tiny little creature! I am intrigued, how old are they when they can start to look after themselves and be independent of mum? The only thing I know about hamsters is not to touch or disturb the babies cos mum may abandon or turn on them, and that you have to separate them quite young because they are little breeding machines! Other than that I am in complete ignorance about them, other than they look cute
Apparently its 18-20 days before than can be taken away from their mom, but they should stay with her for 4 weeks. At 4 weeks they must be seperated or else you end up with babies, which is why I have babies right now. The pet store didn't seperate them and they mated. When mine are old enough, 2 are going to my friend, 1 is going to my sister and the other 2 are going to go back to the pet store unless I can find them homes.

I think its amazing how they grow so fast. 10 days ago they were born and had no fur and they were pink. Now they look just like little hamsters except their eyes aren't open and they are about ½ the size of my thumb. In another like 10 days they will be a lot bigger.
 

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awe do i sure miss my hamsters, we had babies before, it wasnt on purpose apparently when we got our hamsters they told us they were all girls, well guess what they werent! I came home and found one stuck in the cage, we had to get her out and she was alright thank goodness and mama still accepted her and such, but ya well the store lied to us and my mom sure told them about it to! I do believe we had 7 babies, but it might have been a few more ! But awe they so itty bitty and cute, and u r righ they do grow up FAST
 

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Originally Posted by catlover19

Apparently its 18-20 days before than can be taken away from their mom, but they should stay with her for 4 weeks. At 4 weeks they must be seperated or else you end up with babies, which is why I have babies right now. The pet store didn't seperate them and they mated. When mine are old enough, 2 are going to my friend, 1 is going to my sister and the other 2 are going to go back to the pet store unless I can find them homes.
I think I might be able to take the remaining two.

Are they all grey like their momma?
 
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Originally Posted by ProudKittieMom

awe do i sure miss my hamsters, we had babies before, it wasnt on purpose apparently when we got our hamsters they told us they were all girls, well guess what they werent! I came home and found one stuck in the cage, we had to get her out and she was alright thank goodness and mama still accepted her and such, but ya well the store lied to us and my mom sure told them about it to! I do believe we had 7 babies, but it might have been a few more ! But awe they so itty bitty and cute, and u r righ they do grow up FAST
I thought mine was male
The babies are just too cute. I really can't believe how fast they grow up. They are 12 days old now and so far 2 are walking around the cage and only 1 that I know of has opened its eyes.

Originally Posted by Leto86

I think I might be able to take the remaining two.

Are they all grey like their momma?
Yes they are all grey. Different shades though. Some are light grey, some are a medium grey and some are dark grey. If you would take the other 2 that would be great. If you want to come by and see them or something, you are more than welcome.

Here is another video of a baby. Don't mind the music and the mommy hamster chewing on the cage.
http://s65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/rhayward19/?action=view&current=MVI_0535.flv
 

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I might just do that/


When will they be able to go?

I just need to make sure it's alright with everyone else first before I bring them home.
 
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They can go on April 8. If you want my cell # to call me and talk to me about it or anything just pm me and I will give it to you.
 
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