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01-27-2008, 07:23 AM
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Adult Hamster
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Is she/he pregnant?
I got two campbells from a petshop, supposedly brothers, I think the smaller one is a girl though. Also she seems to gace become really wide over the past 4 days! Is she/he pregnant?
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01-27-2008, 07:46 AM
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Oh dear - well if they are a male and female you need to separate them immediately otherwise babies are inevitable even if she isn't pregnant now. If she's pregnant and actually showing (ie rounder) then I'd guess the birth is imminent as they tend not to show until 2 or 3 days before. You need the male out before she delivers the babies or they will mate again immediately afterwards and you'll have two back to back litters - not good for the mum, babies or you
Can you post pictures of them and someone on here might be able to help you sex them reliably.
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01-27-2008, 07:48 AM
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Adult Hamster
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I thought the male could stay in and helped look after the babies?
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01-27-2008, 08:05 AM
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Hamster Overlord
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Originally Posted by sammys/mum
I thought the male could stay in and helped look after the babies?
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He can, but he will also mate with mum again on the same day or in a few days you will have another litter. I would get him out ASAP
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01-27-2008, 08:13 AM
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post some pics asap hopefully there boath the same sex and one is just getting a little porky
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01-27-2008, 08:58 AM
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Adult Hamster
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I looked at them through their clear ball (I only got them a week ago and dont want to hold them yet) and neither of them have a scent gland but both have two 'holes' near their rear end. I think they're girls. But yes one is slim and narrow whilst the other is very much rounder.
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01-27-2008, 09:01 AM
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there is another reson one could be pregnant because there was a male in the same cage at p@hand you might have picked two girls.
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01-27-2008, 09:10 AM
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Adult Hamster
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I got them from a Garden Centre near here and they were the only ones in the tank (they split them into pairs/threes straight away) but yes there might have been one in there at some point or other!
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01-27-2008, 02:15 PM
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Adult Hamster
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maybe, you should start handling them a bit, just so you can make sure and prepare yourself if one is pregnant.
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01-27-2008, 02:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PinkEmily
maybe, you should start handling them a bit, just so you can make sure and prepare yourself if one is pregnant.
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That's a good point - if you've had them a week that's more than long enough for them to settle in and taming them now is important otherwise it might be difficult to tame the babies once they are old enough (if you can't get the mother our, for example).
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