Twinkie the pregnant mommy hamster; she is a Syrian hamster. Baby hamsters are called pups.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 1 day old. Hamster pups should not be touched for the first two weeks as the scent it leaves on the babies can confuse the mother, causing her to abandon them or even eat them as she mistakes them for someone else’s babies. The babies are so tiny that you can also accidently hurt them.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 2 days old.
Twinkie does a lot of eating to feed her 3-day-old hamster pups.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 3 days old.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 4 days old.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 4 days old.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 5 days old. Notice how some of them look darker in color. They are starting to get peach fuzz. Twinkie moved them to the back corner. They can't all hide under her anymore.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 6 days old. They are growing so fast and getting too crowded to be under mom.
Twinkie feeding her 7-day-old hamster pups.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 7 days old.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 7 days old.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 8 days old.
Twinkie feeding her 8-day-old hamster pups.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 9 days old.
"At 10 days old we saw the hamster pups eating solid food on their own. They are getting very noisy. I heard them squeal from two rooms away! They are also starting to explore. Not too far away, but mom keeps a close eye on them! Their eyes are still closed."
Twinkie's hamster pups at 12 days old. The eyes on the multi-colored ones are starting to open, but not all the way. These pups have been the most adventurous thus far and get disciplined the most by their mother. The light-colored ones have no color under their eyelids.
Twinkie's hamster pups at 12 days old.
Video of Twinkie the mommy hamster and her 12-day-old hamster pups. The video is of mom carrying one of her babies. She doesn't carry them by the scruff of their necks; she just picks them up in her mouth! If you saw her teeth, it's a wonder she doesn't puncture them!
Twinkie feeding her 13-day-old hamster pups.
Twinkie feeding her 14-day-old hamster pups. "The pups’ eyes are starting to open but not all the way! We let momma out to run in her ball and socialize like she used to and she loved, loved, loved it! We held the babies a little, and she didn't mind at all! They are so precious."
Holding a 15-day-old hamster pup. "All the pups’ eyes are finally open, and this morning at day 16 we saw one of the babies drinking from the water bottle for the first time."
Holding a 15-day-old hamster pup that is eating a piece of food.
Time for a bigger cage.
Twinkie's hamster pup at 16 days old.
Twinkie's hamster pup at 16 days old.
Video of Twinkie and her hamster pups at 17 days old. "At 17 days old mom has lost control. We had to move them into the big house, because they were starting to bicker. We got a second water bottle and I think we might need a third! They love the new house, mom totally adjusted, she wasn't stressed at all! Hamsters wean at 3 weeks, but they are all eating and drinking on their own and mom is getting tired of trying to feed them, they overwhelm her! "
Twinkie's hamster pups at 18 days old. This picture shows the size difference between the runt and the only gray hamster pup!
Twinkie's hamster pup at 19 days old checking out the hamster wheel.
Video of hamster pup at 20 days old running on the wheel. "This is the first day the babies discovered the second and third stories of the cage. Also this was the first day we noticed the goldens’ ears were standing up and not laying against their bodies anymore."
Video of hamster pups at 20 days old running on the wheel 2. "The noise you hear in video 2 is someone drinking from a water bottle, not the wheel they’re running in. Also watch for the suicide jump from the 2nd story. We removed the ramp to the 3rd story so they couldn't jump off!"
Twinkie's black hamster pups at 21 days old. A black hamster is defined by having a solid black coat, black eyes, black ears, white chin and white feet. Some black-colored hamsters have a brown or blue tint to their fur.
Twinkie's dove hamster pup at 21 days old. A dove-colored hamster is defined by having a grey-brown coat with red eyes and flesh-colored ears.
Twinkie's cinnamon hamster pups at 21 days old.
Twinkie's golden hamster pups at 21 days old. A golden-colored hamster is defined by having a golden brown coat with an ivory belly, dark brown cheek flashes, black eyes and grey ears.
