Princess is expecting (mating diary new thread)

**Spuds Mum** · 10-25-2007, 12:29 PM

Hi All,
Well I'm 95% sure Princess is expecting. She is a LH sable roan and has previously had one litter.
On Friday 19th October we mated her to our LH satin cream Dubaku.

since that time she has seemed to trash and rearrange her cage, and last night we noticed she appeared to have baggy 'bat wings' under her arms.

Tonight we got her out and, unless we are imagining it, she seems definitely more chunky around the middle.

If all goes ok, her pups will be due on Sunday 2nd November, and we expect to have a mixture of sables and cream. As Dubaku may also carry Cinnamon (and we know Princess does) there may also be mink too. All pups should be longhaired and about half should be satin and half roan.

Will let you know if my suspicions are well founded!

Basia · 10-25-2007, 12:34 PM

Oooo exciting - a new mating thread!

Not long to wait now, I really hope Princess is expecting because I so want to see what she has.

Holly · 10-25-2007, 03:42 PM

Oooh good news Teresa (I still can't believe Dubs is going to be a dad and Rolls an uncle but I guess time moves a bit quicker in the hamster world

).

Keep us posted, we want to know all.

souffle · 10-26-2007, 06:47 AM

Looking forward to seeing how long 'The Princess diaries' gets

Mmmmm maybe Nappy will get a wife sooner......NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO says bigD

**Spuds Mum** · 10-26-2007, 10:00 AM

Now come on Souffle, you'll have to use some of your dog training skills to good effect on Big D!

Only joking, but I do hope that Princess has some lovely babies and that we find as nice homes as Basia and Holly have done! And...whether now or in the future, I would be delighted if some of the lovely hamster mad people of HC would want to have a pup of ours.
I need you to task Pophammy with a name for this potential litter though - Princess and Dubaku hmmmm... can't see her making anything cute out of that!

Though I loved your reference to the Princess diaries! Now why didn't I think of that?

**Spuds Mum** · 10-26-2007, 10:02 AM

oo sorry - didnt mean Big D was a dog - I meant you will have to get him trained like you train the dogs!

And sorry to double post - would have edited but breeding doesn't let me!

**babyboos** · 10-26-2007, 03:39 PM

Breeding section doesn't let you edit your posts? wierd will need to check that one out as as far as I am aware you should be able to edit all sections... does anyone else have a problem?

Sounds like a lovely mating I would love a Hamster Central Hamster

Quite a few of the original hamsters on here were bred by myself but many have now passed over the bridge. Would be lovely to get a baby from another member one day.

**Spuds Mum** · 10-26-2007, 03:53 PM

I think quite a few people have the problem Babyboos - there is no edit button comes up!
I just hope that she actually is expecting as if not I think a call to the hamster psychiatrist is in order. We moved her to a plastic cage from her wire one a few weeks before the mating (as we didnt htink the other one was suitable) had no problem, but since the mating she has gone mad wrecking her cage but also gnawing the plastic (she has always been a plastic chewer).
So tonight, fearing that she would manage to get out of her Gabber (or ruin it) we have put her in one of our home made bin breeding cages.

Basia · 10-27-2007, 12:34 AM

It sounds promising doesn't it. Did she have her babies in a bin last time?
I can't edit in the breeding section either Babyboos.

Holly · 10-27-2007, 01:03 AM

We;; Caramel was EXACTLY the same, doing the cage trashing thing...and 11 babes later she's back to her old self

Sounds promising to me, am very excited