My hammy babies :)

[tikeyas_mom]

yeah. I fed my runt syrian hammie from 1 week on by hand. I gave it KMR soaked in break and I also fed her streight KMR with a tiny seringe. She lived to. she was the only femal ehamster out of the litter the other two were males. I sold her to this gurl and her mother and they had a HUGE cage and their only other pet was a guiea pig, she had like 3 hamster books too, I knew she would really love hamving my lil hammie, it was sooo hard to give it up to a new home though.

[luckies4me]

They are now nine days old. I have one boy and one girl. I was hoping they would both be girls, but oh well.

[tikeyas_mom]

yeah that would have been great then you sould house them together .

[Kfamr]

More pictures, more pictures please!

[tikeyas_mom]

i just found a couple pics of one of Spurs and Cuddles pups, the one I hand fed ...


she is eating bread soaked in milk, she is 2 weeks there

[trayi52]

Those are so cute, that has to be fun having little babies like that around. I know it has to be a lot of work and heartbreak, but those cute babies just steals my heart. Getting to watch them grow has to be a lot of fun. Don't you get attached to them when you have to hand feed them yourselves?

I was just wondering, you know how attached to Grover I became and I had to hand feed her. So is it hard when you have to give them up?

Cass, you and tikeyas mom have such cutie babys, I am so jealous.

[luckies4me]

It was so funny today because I was at Petsmart shopping for the animals and a lady and her daughter were there with their two hamsters. The first thing they said is that they bite hard...........I just had to laugh lol. Gotta face it, they aren't the most cuddly critters.

TM, your baby hammy was really cute.


I saw Dalmation hamsters today for the first time and they are really something else!

Tray, I too fed one of my cats, Ewok since he was two weeks of age. I have bottle fed several cats and small animals, but unfortunately never had the chance to hand rear puppies before.

[luckies4me]

The boy



The girl

[luckies4me]

Look at how much fur they have!


They are soooooooooooo adorable!

[trayi52]

Grover was the first kitten I ever hand raised like that, when my 18 year old daughter brought her home, I didn't know what I was going to do with, didn't know what I was going to feed her, I started trying to find some recipes on the internet for orphaned kittens' milk, but kept coming up with people saying how hard it was, which scared me to death.

All the things they said you had to do for kittens, and watching everything they do, and I mean everything. They suggested getting orphaned kittens milk from the vets, so I started doing that, and then they said mix the pure meat baby food with that, I did that. I was very dumb about the whole thing. I like to have never taught that stubborn kitty to eat out of a bowl, I thought she was going to be a grown cat having to suck a bottle, which she really didn't want a bottle, she preferred a syringe. LOL.
If only I had known about this place then, I could have asked somebody like you Cass, about raising kittens.

During the time while I was raising her, I fell and broke my foot, and that kind of made it hard for me to get to the kitchen to fix her milk, no help there, my husband hates cats so he didn't want any part of her. Using crutches is not easy for a 50 year old to learn to use. Kids and younger people seem like they can just pick up a pair of crutches and go, but not me.

Anyway I have raised puppies from the day they were born, they were easy to the side of kittens. REAL easy, I worried about everything with Grover, I was afraid that she was hurt from all the kicking she took from the school from being used as a football, the vet kept telling me she was doing fine, but I stayed scared all the time, still worry and she is about 8 months now.

So I just can't imagine raising those little guys you raise by hand, they are so tiny, what do you use as a bottle? It is just such a miracle that you are able to do that. I really admire you guys for being so responsible that you can succeed at it.

My hat is off to you for such a task.

Tray

[trayi52]

Cass, they have grown so much, they have so much fur. Wow! Do they have a little white on them? They are so cute, I just can't believe how much they have grown!!!

Good Job!! Keep those pictures coming, I really love seeing how they grow.

Tray

[luckies4me]

To feed the hamster babies I use a q-tip soaked in milk, and they drink the drops that land on their mouth.

I am so glad you gave your kitty a great home, and thank you so much for taking the time to save her.

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by trayi52
Cass, they have grown so much, they have so much fur. Wow! Do they have a little white on them? They are so cute, I just can't believe how much they have grown!!!


Tray

Yep they are going to be mottled, which is little white areas/patches/spots etc. Cute eh?

[tikeyas_mom]

very cute lil hammies. you can defenitly see that you have one boy and one gurl.

[luckies4me]

Gee, that male sure is a PIG! Their eyes aren't open yet, but they are already eating. I heard a bunch of squeeking this morning and went to see the babies. The male has stolen a piece of food from the female, desperately trying to fit the whole thing in this mouth lol. Silly hamster. He's cheeks are stuffed full of seed already.

So yep their eyes should be open soon. Here is a pic I took today of them at 10 days old. Momma is starting to get tired of them arguing lol. The male even stole food from the mom!