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MystrsBty18
05-30-03, 05:09 AM 05-30-03
Well, I know you're wondering what the heck happened to me, but I looked in my hamster's cage last night around 9pm or so and found a dead baby. My hamster is around 3 months old so shes pretty young. I didnt think shed have a baby though, because the first time my hamsters mated, nothing happened after 21 days then they mated again and this time she had one baby. Which I heard that there's a chance it would die because theres only one child. Is that true. Or did she kill it maybe but didnt eat it? Before I found the baby, I did feel something crust under her so I looked and she had blood on her so I just thought maybe she cut herself by accident, but then I looked in the cage. Does anyone know what could have went wrong? It's so sad. I guess she got confused because shes so young and maybe neglected it or maybe it was already dead before it was born, because the side of the baby was kind of crushed in and you can see blood inside of it. Oh man! I just want to know so I can sleep lol

hamz
06-02-03, 11:19 AM 06-02-03
sorry to hear that

it's rare to have hamsters giving birth to just one baby... or maybe she had eaten the rest up... or that some are yet to be born... some mothers r known to give birth (same litter) days or even weeks later...

reasons for her death might be... still born.... mom had done something... or that mom had neglected her

MystrsBty18
06-02-03, 12:04 PM 06-02-03
its just so sad and i feel guilty of not seeing it before 9pm

Mitchandozzie
06-02-03, 07:49 PM 06-02-03
aw im sorry MystrsBty18