Breeding Disorders, Infertility in Hamsters

 Why Do Hamsters Eat Their Babies?

Breeding and reproduction in hamsters, as in other animals, can be a natural, easy process or may undergo serious complications resulting in an inability to reproduce successfully. Breeding females, for example, may have smaller litters or become infertile due to old age, malnutrition, a cold environment, not having enough nesting material, and not having a normal estrous cycle. However, infertility in hamsters can occur in both males and females. A poor or improperly balanced diet, for example, may cause the female to look for nutrients elsewhere. Though the underlying reasons have not been studied thoroughly, there are a few theories.

Pregnant females have also been known to abandon or eat their offspring. Also, a crowded or noisy environment or excessive handling of the young may lead to abandoning.

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Symptoms

  • Infertility (males and females)
  • Abortion or miscarriage (females)
  • Abandoning of litter after birth (females)
  • Eating their young/litter (females)
  • Small litter size (females)

Causes

Infertility

  • Stress
  • Old age
  • Malnutrition
  • Cold living environment, lack of heat
  • Lack of sufficient nesting material
  • Abnormal estrous cycle in females
  • Incompatibility of male and female hamsters trying to mate
  • Sensitivity to seasons and cycle of light through the day and night that are improper for the breeding of male and feman hamsters
  • Ovarian or uterine cysts in females

Abortion

  • Fetus may die in the womb
  • Malnutrition
  • Lack of sufficient heat in the living environment
  • Injury
  • Stress or sudden fright

Abandoning of litter

  • Large litter size may induce the mother hamster to abandon some or all of the newborns
  • Overcrowding of the hamsters in a small living environment
  • Noisy living environment
  • Human handling of the newborns is too frequent
  • Male hamster in the cage after birth
  • Insufficient nesting material
  • Milk production is not sufficient
  • Inflammation of the milk glands, mastitis
  • Sick and/or deformed offspring is often abandoned by the mother hamster

Eating of litter

  • Malnutrition
  • Sick or deformed offspring
  • Overcrowding
  • Stress

Small litter size

  • Lack of heat in the living environment
  • Female hamster is old
  • Female hamsters do not have a normal estrous cycle
  • Lack of proper nutrition
  • Nesting material is not enough for the female hamster
  • Stress

Treatment

There is no specific treatment for general breeding disorders. However, when a breeding disorder is due to an abnormal estrous cycle, the veterinarian will provide hormone therapy.

Living and Management

Becoming more knowledgeable in the reproductive physiology of hаmѕtеr will you better manage and prevent problems associated with the breeding and reproduction of pet hamsters.

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