I'm talking from experience. I'm talking as someone who was advised that both of the hamsters my son picked out were female. Apparently this is a rare occurrence. The information that follows is for the family that suddenly realizes they need a quick education in the care of a new family of hamsters who are now part of their family and thus, their responsibility. This will help the new babies survive, and it will also help prevent something like this from happening a second time, which can easily happen.
Hamsters have one of the quickest reproductive rates in the animal kingdom.
They reach sexual maturity at about two months old and their gestation period is sixteen days . With those statistics, your hamster population can multiply quickly. Hamsters in the wild are solitary. They only come together for the purpose of mating. The female raises her young alone.