Everything and Anything you know just about breeding CHINESE DWARF HAMSTERS?
Hey, My niece bought a Chinese dwarf hamster. She was afraid of it, not because it bites but because she's a lil girl, so I told my sister I would take it... I brought the hamster to the pet store and they told me it was a girl. =) They told me they can find very lonely. So I went home and looked online, and I read a lil roughly speaking breeding... and I love animals and I really like the experience. So today I went and bought a mannish... The pet store I went to found a male for me and dropped him in, they be fine; no fighting or nothing... (It wasn't her actual cage it be like a lil one gallon fish tank that my niece had her surrounded by as a baby. I put them in the real hold and still no fighting... being that she just get the cage less then 24 hours ago shes not too territorial of it. They don't really charge about each other in the "mating" vocabulary... but I know they go into heat very recurrently so since I have some time to learn a lil more before they do mate, I want to know everything that I can possibly know nearly this particular breed.
P.S. I have done a lot of research almost hamster breeding but I just want to know specific information for both my hamsters and the future babies.
I just wanna know,
How long they should be together for until I separate them. (If they even requirement to be because I also read some dwarf breeds don't have to be separated)
Cage cleaning details.
Any fruits or vegetables I can give her for extra fiber and protein.
If I should agree to them see each other while she's pregnant at all...
How many weeks can she be handle after birth and how long after birth can the pups be handled.
How long do I have to wait to separate the pups from males and females.
Can the dad be beside the males after they do or would I need 3 cages?
That's all that I can surmise of right now, but any extra information would be SO WONDERFUL!
Thanks.
Answers: I'm a dwarf hamster breeder, so I know what I'm talking going on for.
1. Put the male in, and let them do their own little item. Once the female looks tired, or starts hitting the male, take the masculine out. True that the male can stay in the cage, it can stress out the mom, and she might execute her babies. It would be a good idea to remove the father.
2. Don't clean the round up for 3 weeks after she gives birth. I know it will smell disquisting, but it's not a good idea.
3. Give the feminine mother a cold little piece of a hard boiled egg. It has lots of protein in it.
4. I wouldn't recommend letting them see respectively other. They might get aggressive.
5. The mother can be handled right after she gives birth, but the babies can't be handle until 13-15 days. If you handle them before, she will smell a different scent, won't think they are hers, and murder them.
6. Seperate the babies 3-4 weeks after birth.
7. Yes, the baby males can live with the dad. You won't need three cage.
Good luck!
