Do you want to breed baby dwarf hamsters? The success of the breeding process will depend on the quality of research you do. It is important to know that mommy dwarf hamsters are pregnant for around three weeks. She will then give birth to a litter, which can have as many as ten dwarf hamster puppies. On the average, they give birth to around five or six babies. Lets take a look at the growth of these babies step by step.

1. Zero to Ten Days

From the day the baby dwarf hamsters are born until they are ten days old, you must leave them alone. Leave the mother hamster and her children to themselves. Do not separate or transfer them to a different cage. Once the babies are four days old, they will start getting their pigments and on the their seventh day, their fur. They start opening their eyes and crawling on the tenth day.

If you are excited to hold these cute little dwarves, you may do so but only if the mommy allows you to do so. If you are given such permission, treat the baby hamster as you would your own. Stay close to the cage because they are most likely to jump out of your hands at this stage. You must pet them constantly so as to make them domesticated.

2. Ten to Twenty-Eight Days

The baby hamsters will need nourishment from solids such as oats, wheat and bird seeds. This will make them develop well. Do not get them processed food though, fresh and natural is best. Other alternatives are fresh fruit slices and lab blocks when they are twenty-one days old.

On their tenth day they will start feeding from the water bottle more often and less from their mothers.

By the fourth week or day twenty-eight, the baby dwarf hamsters will no longer be feeding from their mothers. This is the only time they can be separated from their mothers - when the males and females are segregated. In cases where the mother is impregnated by her son while she is still nursing him, he along with his siblings must be separated from the new litter the moment the mother is about to give birth.

Caring for baby dwarf hamsters is just like caring for a regular hamster, where their cages are cleaned once a week or more depending on the amount of babies in the cage and the amount of dirt that collects inside.

Dwarf hamsters need a steady supply of fresh water and food. Regular check-ups on their physical health are also important in this stage. The end of this period is also the time when the baby dwarf hamsters can be sold and given away.

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