Sunday, November 18, 2012
Caring for Hamster Babies from Birth To 6 Weeks
Waking up early in the morning even surprised plus happy red clay-red hamster cage. In some cases, the baby hamsters are usually hidden under bedding / nest-made mother hamster. DO NOT TAKE RISKS and give space so that the parent can carry out his instincts as a parent protect her babies. If the parent feels threatened in any way, he would have to leave or worse eat her babies.
The main thing that should be noted on the newborn infant (usually red / pink) is their eyes are still closed and will remain closed for a while but this does not affect the health of the baby hamster. The first day will they spend to feed and squealed at will.
Always make sure there is food and drink more during lactation, especially high protein foods such as boiled eggs, omelets, cheese, bread, tofu and fish oil are commonly sold in pet shops.
if your friends happen to see the mother is eating her babies, there must be a reason for that. sometimes absurd reasons, ranging from infants with disabilities, frail or die or just the parent who knows the mother rarely eat their babies just because most babies. If the food, drink and bedding more than enough then there is no reason to "reduce" her babies.
2 days later, the baby hamsters began to show signs of pigmentation in the skin that occur only in baby hamster that will have a dark coat colors.
5th day until 7, hamster fur will grow little by little. the pigmentation of the skin. formation of ears and eyes blackened and began to flourish.
Day 8 to 9, the mother began to introduce solid foods to their babies by bringing food to the nest to eat his children. the mother start reducing feeding activity.
by day 10, the baby hamsters will be fully covered short hair and began to explore the cage to look hard foods (grains, pellets, etc.) even though their eyes are still closed. make sure there is food and drink sufficient for the mother and her babies.
protein and high-fiber foods are very good for growing babies hamster (carrot, broccoli and boiled eggs). hamster babies are born with teeth that are growing, such as food pellets are also good to get his teeth accept solid food.
Examples of Healthy Food: ...
apple
pears
banana
carrots
Sweet corn (delivery in large quantities can cause hair loss)
Potatoes (should be boiled first)
peanuts
peanut skin
cashews
almonds
soybeans
white bread
Cracker biscuits
oatmeal
Corn Flakes
Babies – 12 days
Pada masa ini dirasa aman untuk memegang sebentar bayi hamster tersebut sehingga kita dapat membersihkan kandang secara menyeluruh dimana sebelumnya kita tidak dapat membersihkan selama masa kelahiran bayi hamster. pada umur sekian, bayi hamster membutuhkan makanan berprotein tinggi untuk pertumbuhan jadi memberikan porsi makanan yang sama untuk ibu hamster. buah segar seperti wortel dan apel juga dapat diberikan. pastikan tempat makan dan tempat minum dapat dijangkau oleh bayi hamster!
step pada saat membersihkan kandang:
- pindahkan induk terlebih dahulu, disusul bayi2nya ke kontener sementara.
- bersihkan kandang secara menyeluruh
- masukkan kembali induknya.. kemudian disusul bayi2nya
Babies - 14 days
At this age, hamsters eyes began to open fully.
Until the age of 3 weeks, the baby hamsters will still fed by its mother even though sometimes they still suckle its mother's milk had expired. Their teeth are fully grown and will eat all that is given to help growth. Believe it or not, the species can reproduce at such a small age, therefore immediately separated by gender into different cages. including the mother who is ready to reproduce again.
Babies - 3 weeks
if we maintain a Syrian, we will begin to see signs of a solitary instinct in the first 2-3 weeks. Fighting also began to occur frequently, then note that they are not mutually bite / claw / suicide or immediately separate them into different cages. eating high protein is needed in so many ages. at this stage, it can be advisable to separate baby hamsters from their mother to raise confidence and so they become accustomed to humans (us).
Sunday 5th to 6
We start dealing with young hamsters that are ready to be moved into a separate cage. For Syrian, we should immediately prepare a new enclosure. Remember: Syrian one per cage!
Syrians could be "forced" to live a communal / group. Originally from the small accustomed to mixed. Besides the cage should be large enough. Since the Syrian tuh like streets. So keep as little as possible to contact with Syrian others.
Little share, in my home using 1 aquarium size 0.5 mx 1 mx 0.5 m which is divisible by 3 points to foster Syrians. One for males, one for females and one for weaning children (aged 3 weeks and over). After the age of 2 months, they join in adulthood, according to sex). Why do I separate the sexes? Because Syrian tuh Amendment really married. Well, for them to match, I use a home. Later if already pregnant, the male was appointed inserted into the male, the female didiemin there until the birth.
for births was actually easy .. satisfied his food and drink .. + Plus vitamins (vitagel / nutriplus gel)
and for the birth ... there are some cases which stated that for the first pregnancy and the polynomial is only natural that some or all of the children who died .. This could be due to the age of the female factor, an environmental factor or factors type (there are some that are difficult hamsters bred her as an example of the kinds Rare)
1. If the age of the young female .. and this was the first birth was natural that the parent less painstaking care / nursing the baby but in the next it could be in the hospital most likely (based on personal experience)
2. Environment / stable conditions, to the baby in the care recommended in the condition of a quiet, safe and away from the bustle of people. many mother hamster eat her own (in an attempt to protect her son) because he felt threatened by circumstances outside of the cage.
3. factor type .. there are some types that are difficult ngelahirkan campbell and just not a good parent, it can be seen from several types of hamsters that berkatagorikan RARE like (lilac, Blue Fawn, Lilac Platinum etc).
