Emily's and Danny's Dwarf Hamsters

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Growing up

Topic Index
	Intro to dwarf hamsters
	Basic Needs
	How to take care of them?
	Sickness
	New hamster on the block
	Mating and Breeding
	Growing up

Babies need solid food as suppliments too

One thing to watch out, do not replace the shavings and the bedding for at least the first 2 weeks. If a section in the cage becomes smelly, Try to quietly life the mess up with a glove, and replace with some new shavings. On the other hand, do replace the bath tub frequently.

Here we go, brothers!

It takes about 10 days for the eyes on the babies to open (time varies for different species). Ours opened on the 9th day and they became even more energetic - they were splinting, playing and jumping up and down all day long!

As the kids are getting bigger, the mother cannot produce enough milk to satisfy their thirst. They need another source for water intake. Unfortunately, they are still too small to reach the tube of the water bottle. We could use a shallow dish to hold some water for them, and treat them some peeled apple that are chopped into little pieces. Remember to throw away excess food to avoid spoilage.

What's up over there?

Weaning

Many suggest that baby hamsters will become independent around 18 days after birth. By that time, they should be big enough to use the water bottle. In our case, for some unknown reasons, they were forced to wean on the 12th day because Marshmallow started ignoring her kids and stayed away from them. We knew the babies were asking for milk but we couldn't offer help. Perhaps she was too young to be a responsible mother?

Now this is the time to decide what to do with the siblings; you may want to give some away to your friends or keep them all for yourself. For the latter case, at least one additional cage is necessary because you will want to keep the sons with the father and the daughter with the mother.

Total Number of Hamsters on file: 6
Name	Size	Color
Bao	4"	white/grey	more...
Small Brother	4.5"	brown	more...
Big Brother	4.5"	brown	more...
Marshmallow	3.5"	white	more...
Rice Ball	3"	grey	more...
The Angels	4 X 3"	white/grey/brown	more...