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Pebbles82 · 07-28-2019, 07:49 AM

I am not an expert on breeding, but there are others on here who will know more. It may be that with it being only a few days after birth, the Mother culled the babies, which they do if they've been disturbed or feel threatened. Maybe you already know all the advice for leaving the Mother and babies alone until the babies emerge from the nest independently, but if any cleaning was done or the babies peeked at in the nest, it is possibly the Mother culled them and you found them dead later.

Another thing could be that even if they were pedigree hamsters, their genetic match may not have been suitable.

It's very sad and these things do happen. Sometimes for no real reason. It has also been very hot recently.

07-28-2019, 07:49 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	I am not an expert on breeding, but there are others on here who will know more. It may be that with it being only a few days after birth, the Mother culled the babies, which they do if they've been disturbed or feel threatened. Maybe you already know all the advice for leaving the Mother and babies alone until the babies emerge from the nest independently, but if any cleaning was done or the babies peeked at in the nest, it is possibly the Mother culled them and you found them dead later. Another thing could be that even if they were pedigree hamsters, their genetic match may not have been suitable. It's very sad and these things do happen. Sometimes for no real reason. It has also been very hot recently. Last edited by souffle; 07-28-2019 at 09:38 AM.