Seperate them. Besides the simple fact that Syrians tend to be solitary creatures and only get together to mate. If you leave the male in the cage he will eat the young or stress the mother into eating the young. Add to this fact if you leave the father and mother together within 24 hours of giving birth he will once again impregnate the mother hammy. Thereby causing back to back breeding, increasing the risk of death to both mother and young.
Why are you breeding hamsters?
Where did you get your hamsters?
What do you plan to do with the babies?
The reason I ask this is because hamsters breed fast, problems in hamsters are bred in such as maloclusions and diabetes. Breeding hamsters is a large responsibility and should only be done with maturity. Reading your post I see that you must be a child. Children should never breed animals. What will you do should your pet need a vet? These are all important things for you to think about before commiting to breeding hamsters. Hamsters are living things and need a lot of care.
So think carefully before you breed your hamsters.
2007-05-10 19:32:38 UTC
no matter how "wicked laid back" you think your hammie is they have a tendency to eat other hamsters who invade their space...meaning new hamsters added to their cage, mating partners, and even their babies.....if you know all about care after the birth of the babies then you should know that hamsters aren't a "wicked laid back" with each other as they are with people
sorry
class act
2007-05-10 19:29:31 UTC
Better safe than sorry. Separate them.
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2016-05-20 05:31:54 UTC
You know hamsters are pregnant when you see them building a nest, if she is still building a nest, she's still pregnant. Put some newspaper inside the cage and see if she uses it or not. good luck! :)
2007-05-10 19:28:31 UTC
I think it'd be OK to allow them to see each other. Syrians are 'naturally' UN-social I hear. I'm most cases anyway, in my own studies, they usually don't like company. Only that of a humans. My Syrian, Duke and my Dwarf, Avril love to see each other. But he attacks her if she gets to hyper,lol. He has never been: bite,bite,kill,kill. Or very vicious, but we will nip her and squeak at her. I think mainly cause he thinks she is allowing, but or else they like each others company. I keep a close eye on them, and watch them extra if they get very close. But they play, and enjoy each others company.
For your to Syrians, I would separate them. I've heard sad story's of people waking up to a nasty mess in their cage. Which breaks my heart. My Duke is a darling, but I still don't trust him with Avril. I'd separate them, but allow them to visit and enjoy each other, and of course; remove if fighting occurs. Have fun with your baby Hams! I've always wanted to have babies around. ^ ^ Hope this helped!
Amanda C
2007-05-10 19:52:38 UTC
Please separate them. Pooh maybe laid back with you, but hamsters are still controlled by instinct. When the babies are born, if Pooh doesn't kill them, the mother probably would, as his presence would make her very nervous. If nothing else, she would abandon them. Now that Pooh has 'done his male duty', so to speak, keep them separated. You never know, the female may try to attack him, resulting in major injury/death, now that she is probably pregnant.
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