Ok... so I figured it was about time...
These little cuties are currently residing in my bedroom... and will be looking for new homes as soon as they're old enough!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=43546900&l=ab247c3bc9&id=61114387

Here's the little boy who has just moved in with his dad. Once I know they're settled and happy together (all going well so far) they will most likely be up for adoption straight away although I'm tempted to wait and see how many boys I get in the newest litter (just to make sure I don't end up with one on it's own!)
http://www3.snapfish.co.uk/snapfishuk/slideshow/AlbumID=5379140010/PictureID=145632466010/a=4720350010_4720350010/otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfishuk/

And I was very lucky to get this photo as the mother left her nest to get food and left them easy for me to see. Please note, I took this using the zoom on my camera and kept well away, it's very easy to upset the mum by trying to get photos too early.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=43624753&l=5add18ebe2&id=61114387
These babies are only a few days old (4 or 5 days) and so won't be ready for another 6 weeks at least.

they are so cute!!!! when you do look for homes would really like to take a few off your hands if possible would like females but males are ok too. how many have they had in total?

Hi, will definitely get in touch when they're ready to go :) Do you have a preference of group size? Do you mind if some aren't as handleable? The three adults aren't as easy to handle as the babies but they still need homes :( I would rehome them with babies so new owners could at least handle some of them.

There is currently 11 - the male adult and pup who are together, the female adult and pup who are together and the other female with 6 pups (too young for me to know what they are). The two female adults will hopefully go back together with either the 1 female pup who is with the adult at the moment, or the female pup, plus one from the other litter - depends what they turn out to be. The two adult females were cage mates so would like them to go back together, but obviously they can't until she's finished nursing.

hi wouldnt mind the group size and a mixture would be fine. really like the look of the lighter coloured one the best but would be happy to take any of them. did u have to rehome them all then?

I would be looking for homes for all of them but if I couldn't find enough homes I was happy with, they wouldn't be palmed off to anyone, they'd just stay here. I did only take them temporarily though to be fair (we have lots of animals already :lol: )

I'll certainly let you know when they're ready :)

thanks very much, like i say i have the time and space for them and have had hamsters all my life so not a stranger to them all.
looking forward to hearing from you.
Ri

ps how old are they and how long do they have to stay with mum. ive never bred them before.

The two older babies are now around 4.5 weeks I think. The new babies are 4 or 5 days old (I'm tired, I'll work it out later!)

They will need to stay with mum until 6-8 weeks of age but obviously, if I only have one male baby in this litter then he'll go in with the dad and male pup which will mean delaying them a little bit. Likewise, they can't be removed from mum until 4-5 weeks so the female group with the adults in will be delayed until mum has stopped nursing.

All in all, I'm expecting them to be ready for rehoming in around 6-8 weeks if not some of them a little sooner. The boys (dad and pup) may be ready to go in about 3 weeks (when I've been able to sex the other babies).

Hope that helps - it's all been a little bit complicated what with having two groups of pups 3 weeks apart!

no that sound really good. thanks again