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Pebbles82 · 10-28-2020, 06:07 PM

It can be quite a few days before babies emerge from the nest. Until then it's advised not to disturb the cage or nest and just put food out. She may be just taking food to the nest and nursing them. Sometimes the Mother can cull the babies - if she feels threatened - eg if the cage is disturbed. Sometimes it's just because she's too young and doesn't know how to look after them. It sounds awful but they can eat them. This is natures way for the Mother to do this rather than risk them having a horrible death at the hands of predators.

When you say the babies just disappeared, do you mean you could see there were babies but now you can't see any? I would still not disturb the cage and nest just yet in case they are in there. But if she is out of the nest most of the time it might be that she's culled them.

10-28-2020, 06:07 PM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Syrian Hamster babies It can be quite a few days before babies emerge from the nest. Until then it's advised not to disturb the cage or nest and just put food out. She may be just taking food to the nest and nursing them. Sometimes the Mother can cull the babies - if she feels threatened - eg if the cage is disturbed. Sometimes it's just because she's too young and doesn't know how to look after them. It sounds awful but they can eat them. This is natures way for the Mother to do this rather than risk them having a horrible death at the hands of predators. When you say the babies just disappeared, do you mean you could see there were babies but now you can't see any? I would still not disturb the cage and nest just yet in case they are in there. But if she is out of the nest most of the time it might be that she's culled them.