Why does a mother hamster move half of her babies?

Answer 1

The mother hamster will kill the babies for their safety. It sounds strange, but if you disturb or touch the pups, the mother will think they are "infected" and will kill and actually eat the disturbed pup. Just make sure you don't touch the pups until they are old enough so the mother won't kill them.

Answer 2

For one, a male hamster might eat its babies simply because-- most likely if they're boys-- he will get territorial and probably doesn't want them. A female probably would if you get your human scent on her babies by touched them too soon-- They don't like human scent.

One more main reason a hamster might kill its baby is because sometimes there is something wrong with their baby that we can't see, so they don't want it.

Answer 3

There are a few reasons why:

1) She might just be lazy

2) She is a first-time/inexperienced mama hamster that's why she might be unable to cope with feeding too many hamsters.

A simple solution which I did was to use one of the toilet rolls that was inside their cage and carefully move the separated babies to their mommy. If you do not have any toilet rolls with you now, you could use a spoon and rub it in their bedding then move the babies to their mommy.

Answer 4

If you touch the newborns, they will.