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About the time you first begin to see fur on them, don't handle them , but touching is fine, if you want to take them out and handle them, i would wait until they are covered in fur.

Answeryou should probably wait until the babies are starting to get there fur and at that stage it is fine to touch them but i would wait until they are completley covered in fur before handling them. written and published by Laura Martin.

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Answeri handled my baby mice when they had no fur but it was only because the cage needed to be cleaned so refrain from touching them until they have fur.

Its not smart to handle baby mice because the mother will not like the scent of you on her babies, so she might stop feeding them or even KILL them.

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* About two weeks is what I would recommend. Hamsters are quite notorious for infanticide, therefore a mother disturbed will either eat her pups or attempt to stuff them in her cheek pouches, neither of which is desirable. * I would wait until hair has grown on your hamster. Don't touch them until then, and then only if they appear lost to return them to their mother (they make tiny squeaky noises when searching for her). * The age you can handle the babies without the mother rejecting them is approximately 15 days. At this time, they have a short coat of fur and are mobile. I have had to gently put them back into their nest when the mother is asleep and does not know they are not with her. They still need her for warmth and milk for the first 4 weeks of life. When you have a pregnant hamster, you should provide her with a solitary home (if she shared one with her mate). She may be returned with him after her babies are 4-5 weeks and have been given independent homes of their own. I would recommend only putting the hamsters of opposite sex together if you want a family. They reproduce VERY quickly. * I would give it 3-5 weeks because I have learned this by experience.

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I had 5 new born baby hamsters do not touch them until there eyes are open and walking by there self and eat by there self and most important is not sleeping under there mom i dont know how long its going to take for all that stuff do not bother the mom unless you want the babes to die.

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12-15 days old depends how developed they seem to be- if you are more experienced or careful then 6-9 days it depends on your ability to be gentle and the relationship between the mother hamster and you! :)

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11y ago

you can touch a baby hamster when the eyes are open and it has fur you have to careful if the mom thinks it ok the mom will scream if she is angry if she is ok about it she will do nothing. (:

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2 weeks or if you get scared try 3 weeks. I would hold new born rats while they was still pink if the mother allowed it. thats how i tamed my rats i handle them as early as possible.

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Never, hamsters can only be touched after they're completely weaned.

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well wait at least 2-3 weeks befor you toch them the separat the after 1 week or 2 more. un less u wont more babys.

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just to be safe i wouldent touch it. i would wait till its 5 weeks old

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