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04-07-2016, 08:44 PM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Morinville
Posts: 119
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Ginger
As you know my ginger gave birth to 7 pups it now has been 19 days. Now she is putting them in her mouth and carrying them around. Is it to early to remove them from their mother?I'm scared that she will hurt them?
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04-07-2016, 08:55 PM
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#2
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Adult Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Ohio, US
Posts: 348
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Re: Ginger
Is she pouching them or just carrying them by their necks?
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04-07-2016, 09:08 PM
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#3
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Morinville
Posts: 119
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Re: Ginger
carrying by the neck... I am so scared to even sleep tonight
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04-07-2016, 09:35 PM
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#4
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Adult Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Ohio, US
Posts: 348
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Re: Ginger
You have nothing to worry about, She's just rearranging them. Most animals carry their young by the scruff of their neck to move them from place to place. There's no need to separate them as she's just doing what any mother hamster would. The part that she's using to carry them is typically referred to as the 'scruff' and doesn't hurt the pup in any way, though they might squeak a bit. Cats and dogs also carry their young this way.
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04-08-2016, 03:58 AM
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Autumn Hamstery
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Leeds, England.
Posts: 1,527
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Re: Ginger
It's completely normal, don't worry. They usually do this for a couple of days when the pups start venturing out of the nest, she will soon get tired of doing it and allow them to explore Have their eyes opened yet?
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04-08-2016, 06:11 PM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Morinville
Posts: 119
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Re: Ginger
Thank you for the replies the pups eyes are open and things are well, i know i have been a worry wort about things as this is the first litter that i have. i do let mom have some time away from the pups and since i have been doing that things are good.
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04-09-2016, 01:25 PM
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#7
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Autumn Hamstery
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Leeds, England.
Posts: 1,527
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Re: Ginger
Not sure if you know already but you can start handling the pups now their eyes are open. start off with handling them over the cage though because they can be quite jumpy. You can give mum some time out in a separate cage whilst you handle them too
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04-10-2016, 01:00 AM
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Hamster Warrior
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Posts: 15,575
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Re: Ginger
Congrats on Ginger's litter, it's perfectly fine to worry, it just shows how much you care.
Sounds like Ginger has taken to motherhood.
So looking forward to pics when you're ready to do so.
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