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My dwarf hamster recently had babies. The baby hamsters are around 5 days old. My friend has a male dwarf hamster who is her sister. We think he is the father but we're not sure about that yet. We put the female dwarf hamster in the male's cage, but the female started chasing after him and biting him. Is it because of the babies? I also researched that male dwarf hamsters help the female dwarf hamsters. Then why are ours fighting? Please HELP!!!

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Age: <1; Female; Breed: Dwarf Hamster

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We tried putting them together, but that didn't work.

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November 13 2005 at 4:59 PM (4 minutes and 50 seconds later)
         
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Why did you try putting them together after she had the babies? Were they normally together? Were the babies also in with them?

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November 13 2005 at 5:03 PM (4 minutes and 12 seconds later)
         
Reply to ZooCVT's Post: This is a project for biology class. We have to breed the dwarf hamsters and sell their babies. When we bought the hamsters, they were from the same family. They were together, but they didn't fight. Now she has her babies, and she keeps on chasing them around. I put her in the male cage, because I heard you shouldn't put the male in the female's cage. Hope this information helps!
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November 13 2005 at 5:08 PM (5 minutes and 26 seconds later)
         
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