Why won't my dwarf hamsters breed. I have three dwarf hamsters I have 1 male and 2 females I have had them for a while and they will not breed Do they have to be a certain age?

Answer 1

Hamster breeding takes alot of patience! First of all, you shoul have one male and one female in each cage because the the male won't get confused as to wich he should choose and the females won't fight over it. Often times hamsters will only try to breed in complete silence and complete darkness, and the male is often killed in the breeding. Then the female must carry the babies for 18-21 days, they will then come out usally extremly fragil and hairless until the age 3 weeks old. With any threat to her babies the mother hamster will hide them, and if stressed she will try to eat them, also if the father becomes angry he will kill them so keep the father in a different cage!! Baby hamsters take 10 as much care as a grown hamsters so make sure you read up and do some research before making the decision to breed!