My husband wants to breed our young hamster.
By kris182_2000
@kris182_2000 (5444)
Canada
March 18, 2011 7:01pm CST
My husband got home from work shortly after I did, and he got to talking about breeding our baby hamster.
That would mean getting another hamster, this was something I didn't want to do, but who knows now. I might just change my mind this one time.
I don't think this is a wise idea, we may have a hard time rehoming them when they're old enough to go, I refuse to keep them all since we've had so many in the past.
I really wonder if this is a wise decision, I'll be thinking about this for a while before making a decision, I don't want to get into anything that I'll regret down the road.
We have 2 elderly hamsters, they don't have much longer to go, and we'll only have the baby left once they do die.
So maybe it would be ok to do this, but I'd only do this once, I don't think I'd want to do this again.
Should I get into this, or will I be getting in way over my head?
4 responses
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
19 Mar 11
If you have the available time to take care of them one time would be okay I would think. Since I know I would not be able to take care of them I wouldn't even entertain such a thought. But seems like you know how to with the past experiences.
@kris182_2000 (5444)
• Canada
19 Mar 11
We probably wont have enough time to take care of them, but he really wants to know what it's like to have baby hamsters.
@smileyface126 (25)
• United States
19 Mar 11
from my opinion: i think thats a great idea for your husband wanting to try something new. i might try to convince my mom to get me another hamster today so i can have 2 but back to your conversation-- i think you should sit down and have a talk about the pros and cons about this idea. if you like hamsters go for it-because you have past experience--if you dont want to take care of them anymore don't do it, but i think your husband is right about trying something new!
good luck :)
@smileyface126 (25)
• United States
19 Mar 11
one tip to breedign hamsters--- don't get your scent on them until their ready to be seperated from the mother or else the mother will eat them
@Benwng (9)
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29 Mar 11
Hey!!!! I bought 4syrian hamsters and really liked them but after around 3 months they started to fight real bad. There were scars all over them. I could not take it anymore so I separated them to individual cage. When they grow up they will eventually need to have their own cage. Mine gave birth to 9 last week and the other one gave birth to 6. So as you can see I will need to separate them and my house would end up being a pet store. My advice is let them breed then separate them immediately to prevent more babies and when it give birth you can't touch them at all cause it will eat its own baby cause they hate human smell. Hope this helps!!!
@ZhaJhem060510 (111)
• Philippines
19 Mar 11
In your case it is hard to breed a young hamster, specially if your young hamster stay long in the cage for the rest of his/her life. I have a hamster which is too angry if we breed her to the other. She bite the male hamster, I'am very sad when i saw my male hamster that have so many bites on his back even in his private part cause of the female hamster. May male hamster live for the rest of her lives with 3 hamster while my female hamster live in her cage for the rest of his life own by herself. So any hamster i will put together with her even it is a female she bites it. She want to be alone. According to a research that a hamster is a lonely type mammals. If your hamster gets to be alone, she or he wants to be alone, but if your hamster get to have companion for his/her of their lives its not a problem.
@innocents_lost (1026)
• Canada
19 Mar 11
hamsters are high stress animals and having them with babies is hard one they eat there young when they are tiny and if u leave them together to long they can eat there babies. plus as you said it is hard to find homes for them does this world really need more people can go to shelters and adopt one
