Hammie

4 days old

selvage — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:03:50 +0000

Mommy scratchy. Coat color slowly appearing and ears developing. They are growing fast.

3 days old

selvage — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:55:00 +0000

It is often said in the hammie world that a pregnant hammie or mommy hammie are aggressive in nature, well… the saying is true to a certain degree as I was bitten by Blackie while I get a hold of her to return her to her cage after a short breather. We are close and I believe she didn’t mean it. It started as a nibble then a deep one. Perhaps she’s hungry.

Here’s a shot of the pups. There are 7 in the photo, so 3 didn’t make it.

2 days old

selvage — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:44:22 +0000

1 day old

selvage — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:43:00 +0000

Good mama, she was rather busy most of the time picking her pup up and looked undecided on where to place them. Here’s blackie nursing and resting as she should.

An Auspicious Sunday

selvage — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:39:35 +0000

Blackie our beloved hammie gave birth to approximately 10 pups on the 13th-9-09 afternoon while we were out. She was highly energetic and was rummaging around her cage, we even let her out for a quick stroll.

Funny video

selvage — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:14:58 +0000

Check out Sylvia’s maneuvers! She does that all the time! She’s a good hammie mommy! No?

Most of the pups’ eyes are open now and also just learned fighting. Another week is all they’ve got before housed individually. Nasty!

2 weeks {Panda vs Panda}

selvage — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:28:58 +0000

They groom, drink from the bottle, runs around and snack a lot. Sylvia had a hard time picking up the pups which is everywhere back to the nest.

Day 12

selvage — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:26:25 +0000

Day 11+

selvage — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:31:34 +0000

The pups

selvage — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:18:48 +0000

Blackie (Sable), Panda Jr (Banded), Brownie (Mink) and Stripies (Roan/Banded)