Is my Robov Hamster Pregnant?

TaeJinYoon · 03-23-2017, 09:12 AM

I bought a male and female hamster on 5th march 2017
They were both attach to each other and i didnt have any problems of them fighting with each other.

Then on 20th march i saw my male hamster trying to mate with the female.
On the 23rd march morning everything was as usual until after i got home at night fall and i notice my male hammy injured! Thus i took him out to place him in another cage.
Next my bf went to place some tissue in to see if she will build a nest and true enough she started gathering the tissues at one side of the cage but we couldnt see her belly popping out yet! Does this show that she is pregnant?

Before injured
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After injured
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souffle · 03-23-2017, 11:35 AM

Pregnant females will often attack the male so she may be. It's best he is removed now and kept out because you don't want them overbreeding for sure and they will have litter after litter. They may even be brother and sister if you bought them together and you don't really want them mating.
For now treat her as pregnant. Babies should arrive in 18-22 days so give her lots of peace and quiet and plenty good food and nesting material. Don't disturn her and don't touch any pups or put the father back in ever. She could hurt him badly or she could cull her pups if you do.

chesca_27 · 03-23-2017, 04:43 PM

Souffle has given some good advice there.

Hamsters will build a nest regardless of whether they are pregnant or not as it is their natural instinct to burrow.

Leave her alone for the moment, avoid changing her cage and don't disturb the nest if she is pregnant and has pups or you risk culling them.

Don't put your male hamster back in as she may attack him or they might mate again as soon as the pups are born, putting a lot of stress on her.

TaeJinYoon · 03-24-2017, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by souffle

Pregnant females will often attack the male so she may be. It's best he is removed now and kept out because you don't want them overbreeding for sure and they will have litter after litter. They may even be brother and sister if you bought them together and you don't really want them mating.
For now treat her as pregnant. Babies should arrive in 18-22 days so give her lots of peace and quiet and plenty good food and nesting material. Don't disturn her and don't touch any pups or put the father back in ever. She could hurt him badly or she could cull her pups if you do.

oh alright! but wat nesting material is most recommended?

TaeJinYoon · 03-24-2017, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by chesca_27

Souffle has given some good advice there.

Hamsters will build a nest regardless of whether they are pregnant or not as it is their natural instinct to burrow.

Leave her alone for the moment, avoid changing her cage and don't disturb the nest if she is pregnant and has pups or you risk culling them.

Don't put your male hamster back in as she may attack him or they might mate again as soon as the pups are born, putting a lot of stress on her.

ohhh so its possible for a round 2 of getting preg!

AmityvilleHams · 03-24-2017, 10:37 AM

Plain toilet paper is the best nesting material you could ever use

It's cheap,easy to find,and as long as it isn't scented and can be dissolved by water is much safer than any storebought nesting material(such as kapok fiber or cotton,both of which are extremely dangerous and should never be used).

JLPrairie · 03-24-2017, 02:51 PM

Everything that was said is correct. I usually use toilet paper, and rip it in half (toilet paper usually is done in two layers to help absorb).
Please don't ever put a female and a male hamster together again. You never know when those two hamsters would become eight. It seems like you were trying to breed them...?

TaeJinYoon · 03-25-2017, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by AmityvilleHams

Plain toilet paper is the best nesting material you could ever use

It's cheap,easy to find,and as long as it isn't scented and can be dissolved by water is much safer than any storebought nesting material(such as kapok fiber or cotton,both of which are extremely dangerous and should never be used).

arh but im using tissue paper tho is that fine too?

TaeJinYoon · 03-25-2017, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JLPrairie

Everything that was said is correct. I usually use toilet paper, and rip it in half (toilet paper usually is done in two layers to help absorb).
Please don't ever put a female and a male hamster together again. You never know when those two hamsters would become eight. It seems like you were trying to breed them...?

the amount of hamster doesbt matter to me because im bredding them! you know like a learning experience and its nice and wonderful to see new born and to see the process

cypher · 03-25-2017, 05:27 AM

Only use plain white toilet tissue for nests, nothing else no other kind of tissue paper.

I really think you should do some research into hamsters before you start breeding them with little understanding of how to care for them & the number of hamsters you breed does matter, you will end up with lots of inbred (closely related) hamsters which could lead to all sorts of problems so try to put your hamsters needs first.
If you really want that learning experience then research first & breed later.