Help! Urgent!

[Fyre Wyrk]

HELP! My black bear(Syran) hamster gave birth a little over two weeks ago. She had ten babies, but immediatly ate three of them. Over time we lost three more, ending with five. This morning I woke up to find one of the babies alone in teh corner, not moving, and covered with shavings. The other babies were nursing, and when I tried to put it back, Tequila(the mother) rejected it. Currently it is next to me, I have it ontop of a ziplok with warm water. It's breathing, but is there anything I can do to save it? Me and my mum are determined to save him. Would maybe kitten formular work? The rest of the babies, including this one, are eating regular food, and many of them have their eyes open. Please hurry! I don't know how long he'll last. :hamster3:

[Fyre Wyrk]

Please... He's fading...

[Fyre Wyrk]

Never mind... He just died.

[o0sapphirerat0o]

i'm so sorry!

try to NOT mess with mum and the rest of the babies until they are weaned, don't clean the cage, don't touch her, don't touch the babies, she is ovbiously a VERY nervous mother and does not trust you around the babies (sorry, hamsters are just picky like that) give it another 2-3 wks, then seperate EVERY single hamster into their own individual cages.

as they are syrians (black bear, teddy bear, panda bear, etc...just fancy names that pet shops use to charge more) they will fight to the death if not seperated.

a cheap way of doing it is to get individual rubbermaids and drill holes in the lid for ventilation.

Goodluck, and I'm sorry one of your babies died.

[Fyre Wyrk]

i'm so sorry!

try to NOT mess with mum and the rest of the babies until they are weaned, don't clean the cage, don't touch her, don't touch the babies, she is ovbiously a VERY nervous mother and does not trust you around the babies (sorry, hamsters are just picky like that) give it another 2-3 wks, then seperate EVERY single hamster into their own individual cages.

as they are syrians (black bear, teddy bear, panda bear, etc...just fancy names that pet shops use to charge more) they will fight to the death if not seperated.

a cheap way of doing it is to get individual rubbermaids and drill holes in the lid for ventilation.

Goodluck, and I'm sorry one of your babies died.

We cleaned the cage yesterday, but only because their eyes were open. -sighs- He have four left...

[o0sapphirerat0o]

I'm so sorry. a good place for more hamster info is
www.hamsterific.com
they know alot there, and have great articles on info.

[Fyre Wyrk]

That's where I had gone for info. Thanks anyways.

[Chaos]

I'm sorry about that. And sorry I didn't see this post earlier. :( At two weeks he could have been handfed, I did that to a little runt in my litter and she survived. At least you know for the future, either get some Kitten Milk Replacer and feed with an eyedropper or syringe or being 2 weeks he could eat solid or semi-solid food. I used a mix of wet canned puppy food, oatmeal, soy milk and mushed banana. She ate it all nearly right away. You tried, thats what matters.

[Jiffykat]

Did you have eleven babies then?

[Fyre Wyrk]

We had ten, and the mother. Now we have 3 and the mother...