Urrgh! I have the biggest headache.


I have just spent all morning with the tiny runt, sooo tiny. The biggest baby is intent on kicking him out of the nest. Why is his sibling doing this? He is really being viscous to his brother. Poor mom and baby because every time the bigger baby kicks the other one out, poor mom has to go gather him up to bring him back to the nest.

Is this just instinct? Does he sense the other baby is ill, or a runt and will not live? I don't understand why one baby is picking on another? 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?

The vet said the younger one is most likely sick and that I should euthanize him. How could I kill a tiny 8 day old hamster?


Why is the baby being mean? He's only eight days old for heaven's sake!