hey guys so in today's video I'm going to be talking about accidental hamster
litter care this video is for people who brought home a female hamster and she
suddenly gave birth to pups or maybe you are thinking your hamster is going to
give birth so first I'm going to talk about the signs of a pregnant hamster
generally your hamster is going to start to look like a pear the hips will begin
to widen and they really will look like a pear shape the nipples also will
become more prominent and noticeable your hamster also may become
more aggressive towards you might try to bite you
she also should be building a fairly large nest and she might also be acting
a little bit crazy so once you think your hamster is pregnant you are going
to want to start supplementing her with a lot of vegetables and protein rich
foods such as boiled egg cooked unseasoned chicken mealworms plain
porridge basically anything that is very high in nutrition you also are going to
want to remove the wheel, litter box, sand box any toys a pup could hurt themselves
on three days before she gives birth now if your hamster has already given birth
and you weren't able to remove these things really try to quietly and as
peacefully as possible remove all of these things without disturbing the mom
hamster so once your hamster has given birth do not touch the babies do not try
to disturb the babies do not try to disturb the mom or just try to stress
her out at all. Trying to touch or bother the baby hamsters can result in the
mother hamster culling them which means the hamster will kill the babies if she
feels threatened or stressed at all. Now you can continue to feed her and give
her fresh water of course try to have the water bottle and food dish on the
opposite side of the cage so you can change these out as quiet
and peacefully as possible so once the pups are 14 to 18 days old their eyes
should be opening by now and once their eyes have opened that means it is safe
for you to touch them and it also means you can clean the cage at this time. At 2
weeks old the baby hamsters are already starting to eat some pieces of food that
the mum brings back they also may be going out of the nest and walking around
exploring the cage learning how to drink from the water bottle things like that
generally at 3 weeks of age this is when the pups are going to be weaned from the
mother meaning they no longer will need their
mother's milk also at 3 weeks of age they will start to be play fighting with
each other which is completely normal so even though the pups may not need to
their mother's milk anymore this doesn't mean they should be
separated from their mom quite just yet pups shouldn't be separated from their
mother until 28 days of age unless absolutely necessary
once they are 28 days you are going to want to separate them into same sex
cages so females in one and males in the other because at 4 weeks old hamsters
can start reproducing with each other and that is something you don't want
now Syrian hamsters can stay with their same-sex siblings from five weeks to
eight weeks you are going to want to watch closely to make sure the
difference between play fighting and actual fighting once you see that they
are actually fighting you are going to slowly want to separate them all and by
eight weeks of age they all should be in their own separate cages because Syrians
are a solitary species of hamster. pups also should not be rehomed younger than
six weeks of age during four to five weeks of age they are learning quite a
bit from their mother their siblings and other things like that so that is why
you don't want to rehome them to a home any younger than six weeks so yeah guys
I really hope this video can help anybody who has come across a accidental
litter thank you for watching bye