Surprise Baby Hamster Stories!

[Colby and the Dwarfs]

So I was thinking if how to describe the utter shock if finding babies in the nest you didn't know we're coming! My story first

So I was doing the usual, feeding and watering the hams. On my last tank I put in the food, and began pouring the water when I saw something out if the corner of my eye. Two round, pink babies. They were both runt size; literally the size of a jelly bean. My heart stopped.

The worst part was, I didn't know who was the mom and who was the dad.

So I took out one at random, thank God he was the dad. I set up an emergency tank for him, and after freaking out, I began searching the common defects of inbred babies, as the parents were sibs.

The smallest baby died, but the older grew up and in in her new home

Then I freaked out about the mom. She had been housed with her brother her whole life; she was pregnant as soon as she could be I felt horrible for her. She didn't even get supplements, since she was a "boy" at the time.

I have to admit, that after I realised mom and baby were fine, I had a great two weeks watching her grow!


That was a while ago, but I want to hear your stories!

So, Share!

[StarlightSerenity]

I admit I don't have a story of my own but one, I think it was a member of HC who went through it, posted one that's always stuck in my mind. Partially because it's a teeny bit funny and partially because it's damn scary! She was cleaning her new hamsters cage, tipped the substrate in the bin bag onto to find babies in the bin bag! Thankfully, if I remember correctly, they all survived and grew up to be happy hams.

I really hope I don't end up with a story of my own... My partner would freak if we ended up with babies! Baby hamsters that is... I think baby humans would give him a heart attack