Wild black hamsters

[Socks' Mum]

I just found this one - with baby black hamsters And baby wild hamsters of traditional colouring too

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This is a really lovely video

 

[Amy]

I just found this one - with baby black hamsters And baby wild hamsters of traditional colouring too

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Oh what a joy to watch the wild hamsters have longer tails I noticed. But they are so cute.

 

[Socks' Mum]

They seem to spend quite a long time with the mother hamster, and are immature for a while, not quite strong enough to create a burrow of their own yet. There may be a big growth spurt suddenly when the hormones start doing the work and they get their spades 🪏 Creating a tunnel must be really hard work and need huge motivation. Social rodents work in gangs, but hamsters seem to do everything themselves. I wonder if they steal burrows from other hamsters.

 

[Amy]

its so fascinating . I will check on his youtube channel later to see if he has more videos.

 

[Maz]

They seem to spend quite a long time with the mother hamster, and are immature for a while, not quite strong enough to create a burrow of their own yet. There may be a big growth spurt suddenly when the hormones start doing the work and they get their spades 🪏 Creating a tunnel must be really hard work and need huge motivation. Social rodents work in gangs, but hamsters seem to do everything themselves. I wonder if they steal burrows from other hamsters.

He said in the video that when they get to about 6 (or was it 8?) weeks old, the Mother abandons the burrow and goes to make a new one. One of the young hamsters can occupy that burrow, the others all go off separately and dig their own burrows. You're right they wouldn't be fully grown! But clearly capable of digging a burrow at that age. It must be hard wired to "leave the nest" and go solo - like birds maybe.

 

[Socks' Mum]

He said in the video that when they get to about 6 (or was it 8?) weeks old, the Mother abandons the burrow and goes to make a new one. One of the young hamsters can occupy that burrow, the others all go off separately and dig their own burrows. You're right they wouldn't be fully grown! But clearly capable of digging a burrow at that age. It must be hard wired to "leave the nest" and go solo - like birds maybe.

They are amazing and charismatic little creatures