I am starting a new thread about my baby hamsters and this will also be a place to give updates on the mother's condition etc. I hope you all enjoy reading about my babies.
Just to make it clear, I never removed the babies from the mother. Yes I did supplement them, but they have remained with the mother for her to care for....as in clean, make them go potty and nurse them when she is able. Yesterday she was very weak but tried all she could to care for them on her own. One was looking pretty thin and weak so I made the decicion to feed them as well. The vet said the last baby died from the sickness going into the babies. At the time of weaning all the babies will be placed on antibiotics for four days as this is the time they will start showing symptoms of the illness. However, this is if it is still affecting the mother. She seems to be doing a lot better this morning, feeding her babies, cleaning them, begging for treats.
I am still supplementing the runty one. There is always a runt in each litter, so I want to make sure he survives. The vet assured me that it was nothing I did that caused the babie's deaths. In fact, he applauded me for taking these babies in. The two dead babies were frozen, and looked at yesterday before we went to the mall (gotta post pics of my cool new purse too!) and it was determined that the one baby was unable to "latch on" to the nipple, and so consequently starved.
The second baby was jaundiced, and runty, through no fault of myself of the mother. Sometimes you just lose some.
He said the remaining babies look excellent, alert and active and to keep supplementing the two smaller ones three times daily. The one of course is too fat he doesn't need anymore to drink lol.
He is confident that the mother will recover, but she is still a little weak. Although not weak enough to try to bite me lol.
So the babies have their fur in and they are just like momma. Looks as if they will be mottled like momma, and possible even silver!
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Eh, did somebody go potty on mommy!?!?! 
I mean he literally pushes the other baby out. He even bit the other baby, I witnessed it! What should I do? Should I take out the bigger baby and raise him myself? He's 8 days old, so they are not very hard to hand feed. Or should I remove the younger baby? 
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