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Hamsters drink milk from their mothers until they are three weeks old. After this they eat what their parents are eating. A small handful of dried food and a handful of fresh such as carrots or letice.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoA baby hamster drinks from its mother until it is 3 weeks old. After this a hamster is ready to start eating the same as an adult hamster. One small handful of dried food and a handful of fresh such as carrots or lettice daily. and i must add do not touch the baby hamsters until they have fur totally covering there bodies! if you do the mother will try and kill the babies you have touched!
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Will a hamster eat it's baby if a human touches it?
Yes,they will eat their young
Is it normal for a hamster to eat their young?
It is not normal for any animals to eat their youngs but hamster have the ability to eat their youngs because they are an omnivorous kind of animals, one reason is for their survival.
Can a mother hamster and a baby hamster live together after being separated?
after the baby hamster has been handled for a while sometimes the mother hamster will eat their young so be "careful".
If a hamster dies is it normal for another hamster to eat the corpse even though normal food is available?
It is definitely normal hamster practice to eat the corpse (before it decays), which is thought to be for waste disposal purposes and not to satisfy hunger. A person who can read hamster thoughts may tell you that "Once a hamster dies, it IS normal for it's house-partner to eat it's corpse, as a way to show simpathy for the dead friend. If the baby hamsters are not strong enough, sometimes the mother will eat them, in order to keep them from dying a horrible death. Also, if the mother feels her young is in danger, she will eat them because she thinks that her young will be safer that way."
Can a young hamster live with an adult hamster?
Absolutely not. Hamsters are not sociable animals at the best of times, and introducing the animals is likely to result in failure unless done with utmost care. Even if the young hamster is the child of the adult, there is a chance that the adult one will attack, harm, or even eat the younger one.
Should you buy your hamster a companion since it is lonely?
You should not buy your hamster a companion.If your hamster is a dwarf hamster then you shouldn't because they weren't raised together and they may tend to fight. If they were raised together then it wouldn't be a problem. If you own a teddy bear hamster also known as the Syrian hamster you wouldn't be able to have a companion in the cage with them even if they were raised together. Once your Teddy Bear hamster has mated then you should remove the male hamster because he may eat the young. Especially after the mother has given birth you should keep the father separate or any other male hamster because as soon as she has given birth she goes into heat again and they will mate again and in a few days she will give birth again. Teddy Bear hamsters are sometimes known for eating their young. If your hamster has young then once they are weined from their mother's milk then you should remove them from the cage because she may eat her young.
Do hamsters take care of there young?
hamsters do take care of their young... try not to touch them as it might change e smell... the mother hamster will eat their young if its unwell or e smell changes....
Will a cats eat a hamster in the night time?
Yes, given the chance to get at it they will certainly eat a hamster.
Does male hamster eat female hamster?
of course not. by estherbella.
Do hamsters eat cheese?
i guess if you put cheese in a hamsters cage it might eat it ... but DONT cheese can block up a hamsters system my friend had a hamster and fed it cheese and he died he was a young hamster so they took the dead hamster to the vet to find out why it has died the vet saw that the cheese had blocked the system and stopped the breathing
Your hamster is 1 year old?
Do not date your hamster, it is entirely too young.
Will a male hamster eat it's own young?
You are supposed to put him in a cage next to the female and babies but not with them. I have bred hamsters and have made that mistake.
