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Old 04-05-2017, 05:07 AM  
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How did you manage to take a hamster from the USA to Italy?
Anyway hand rearing pups as young as this is nearly impossible. If you try it is a 24/7 commitment. They need warmth and also the specific feed mix (usually baby rice and lactol milk) You need to feed very frequently and most importantly pups need toileted or else they cannot pass urine or poo. The mother would lick them to stimulate elimination so hand rearing involves imitating mothers licking till they do it then cleaning them.
It is a really hard thing to hand rear hamster pups. If you don't try and don't have a foster mother they would starve to death and I personally would not let that happen. If not hand rearing then you need to see a vet and have them PTS
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