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Pebbles82 · 05-29-2019, 08:08 AM

So sorry to hear this has happened. It is very common. The main thing is to leave her alone until you see pups emerge from the nest. If you’re sure she hasn’t had them yet then do a bit of a spot clean and remove her wheel then basically don’t touch anything until the pups come out of the nest on their own. Just put food and water out daily. Putting extra high protein out with her hamster mix and a bit of extra veg is good too. Eg a bit of porridge or scrambled egg on a separate dish. Also plenty of nesting material so a big pile of torn up strips of plain white toilet paper. She might make a new nest when she’s ready to give birth or just make an existing nest bigger. Avoid the temptation to peek in the nest or poke around. If she has had pups you will hear squeaks eventually. Once pups start to emerge from the nest it should be safe to handle her.

Meanwhile don’t even stand close to the cage and peer in as if she feels the pups are threatened in anyway she will cull them as mentioned above,

When she’s had them and they’re out and about you could start advertising for homes for them. They are ready to go after about 6 weeks. Boys need separating from mum and girls at 3 to 4 weeks I think (someone else may know best time for that). So at that time tou’ll Need another cage or bin too.

05-29-2019, 08:08 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Pet store disaster So sorry to hear this has happened. It is very common. The main thing is to leave her alone until you see pups emerge from the nest. If you’re sure she hasn’t had them yet then do a bit of a spot clean and remove her wheel then basically don’t touch anything until the pups come out of the nest on their own. Just put food and water out daily. Putting extra high protein out with her hamster mix and a bit of extra veg is good too. Eg a bit of porridge or scrambled egg on a separate dish. Also plenty of nesting material so a big pile of torn up strips of plain white toilet paper. She might make a new nest when she’s ready to give birth or just make an existing nest bigger. Avoid the temptation to peek in the nest or poke around. If she has had pups you will hear squeaks eventually. Once pups start to emerge from the nest it should be safe to handle her. Meanwhile don’t even stand close to the cage and peer in as if she feels the pups are threatened in anyway she will cull them as mentioned above, When she’s had them and they’re out and about you could start advertising for homes for them. They are ready to go after about 6 weeks. Boys need separating from mum and girls at 3 to 4 weeks I think (someone else may know best time for that). So at that time tou’ll Need another cage or bin too.