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Nancy's Hamsters · 03-13-2016, 07:54 PM

I've only seen effects on pups from Dwarf Hybrids that were over bred. The pups didn't act or behave different but their over all health and size were very bad when I took in a mated pair that the past owner thought they would regulate their matings. The litter they birthed for me(Her 5th in a row), almost took the Dam's life birthing cause she was so emaciated and weak. only two pups were born alive of five, and the one live pup was a Micro Dwarf who at 15 days old could sit inside a 16 oz Pop bottle cap with room to spare,
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and at 31 days required a customized small pill bottle to be a suitable tunnel.
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Here he is at 31 days walking on my desk top PC keyboard
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and a funny one which would make a very interesting looking Starwars alien

Tiny Tim-Day 31-b.JPG
This was him and his litter mate as Quark kissed his litter mate good-bye when his new owner took him over in Mid Indiana. You can see the HUGE size difference by 8 weeks old, which was the time it took for me to feel comfortable in allowing Quark to travel the long distance drive he had to take.
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Dubbed Tiny Tim at first he was renamed Quark(from The Star Trek Deep Space Nine series) by a gal who begged me to take him as I was too leary to even pet him out. Quark was one tough cookie and traveled from Mid Ohio to mid Wisconsin a 14 hour drive for little Quarky, but he took it all in great stride and never even missed a mealworm feast. However he had major teeth issues and required a major surgery to save his life and after that every 30 day routinely teeth trims at the Vets to assure he would be able to live as normal a life as a Micro Dwarf can live. He actually reached 3 years old before peacefully curling in his mistresses hand and leaving this world for the Final Frontiers.

03-13-2016, 07:54 PM
Nancy's Hamsters ST's Hamstery Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Mid Ohio USA Posts: 2,574	Re: Over breeding - true or false? I've only seen effects on pups from Dwarf Hybrids that were over bred. The pups didn't act or behave different but their over all health and size were very bad when I took in a mated pair that the past owner thought they would regulate their matings. The litter they birthed for me(Her 5th in a row), almost took the Dam's life birthing cause she was so emaciated and weak. only two pups were born alive of five, and the one live pup was a Micro Dwarf who at 15 days old could sit inside a 16 oz Pop bottle cap with room to spare, Tiny Tim-Day 15-a.JPG and at 31 days required a customized small pill bottle to be a suitable tunnel. Tiny Tim-Day 31-g.JPG Here he is at 31 days walking on my desk top PC keyboard Tiny Tim-Day 31-c.JPG and a funny one which would make a very interesting looking Starwars alien Tiny Tim-Day 31-b.JPG This was him and his litter mate as Quark kissed his litter mate good-bye when his new owner took him over in Mid Indiana. You can see the HUGE size difference by 8 weeks old, which was the time it took for me to feel comfortable in allowing Quark to travel the long distance drive he had to take. Quarks travels-q.JPG Dubbed Tiny Tim at first he was renamed Quark(from The Star Trek Deep Space Nine series) by a gal who begged me to take him as I was too leary to even pet him out. Quark was one tough cookie and traveled from Mid Ohio to mid Wisconsin a 14 hour drive for little Quarky, but he took it all in great stride and never even missed a mealworm feast. However he had major teeth issues and required a major surgery to save his life and after that every 30 day routinely teeth trims at the Vets to assure he would be able to live as normal a life as a Micro Dwarf can live. He actually reached 3 years old before peacefully curling in his mistresses hand and leaving this world for the Final Frontiers. __________________ Nancy,and The ST's Hamsters Last edited by Nancy's Hamsters; 03-13-2016 at 08:01 PM.