BABIES!!!!!!!!! (Episode 3)

Here is the news:

1. Only one out for the four hamster babies can survive after 14 days.  Three passed away because of malnutrition (The mom could not provide enough milk for all babies, and this female hamster is just too young to be a mother, she lost interest to feed those weaker babies at certain point of time).

2. I am not sure if this is a good news or a bad news, the hamster mother is pregnant again.  The due day will be around 1-2 weeks time. She had mated with the dad again just right after the delivery, before we separated them.......

Learning:

1. The fittest survive.  This is part of the mother nature, no matter how much food and supplement I refresh for the mother everyday.

2. Formula milk powder saves a lot of people.

3. The meaning of 'vicious cycle', I mean the ovulation and conception and pregnancy and delivery and so on ...

Thanks for everyone who gave me suggestions and advice of how to take care this family.  

Mother Pizza and baby girl Coca Cola

Cannibalism is quite common among pet hamsters after birth. However, based on the information I got from websites, not all hamster moms and dads would bite their kids' heads off, it would only happen if:

1. The pet owner touched the babies and changed the their scent, the parents would think they are alienated and kill them.

2. The hamster mom is too young, she may be too nervous to take care of the babies.  It is ridiculous, hamsters just cannibalize the babies because they are too nervous.

3. The hamster babies are too weak (again, it happens quite often if the mom is too young and not mature totally).

Lucas names the hamster baby Coca Cola, because it is brown colour.  Hi kid, you have just won a fierce competition!