this is what my ahmmie has been doing:
she is bigger around the waist, she is waaaaay more jumpy, she won't let me touch her nest without biting me and she is always and i mean always in the nest.
Answers:
If you know that your hamster is female, it is very difficult to tell if your hamster is actually pregnant. Only from about 2 days before giving birth will your hamster look fatter than normal. Syrian hamsters are pregnant for around 16 days so you will know for sure in a fairly small period of time.
If she is pregnant, you need to be prepared. Get yourself a nice book on the subject of breeding hamsters and follow the diet and housing advice in it. Occasionally hamsters will cannibalize on one or more of their own pups - this is thought to happen when the mother is very young or overly agitated. For this reason, try to give the new family lots of peace and quiet in a warm room for the first few days after birth. As soon as they are born, you should try to start finding homes for the young, as you don't want to still have them past sexual maturity. However, don't separate them from their mother until after 4 weeks of age
in that case, leave her alone, give her more privacy, and fresh food and water
good luck :)
Sabby
My hamster did this when she was pregnant and it usually happens when they are due soon. I would pop some special clean bedding into the cage for her to take into her nest (you can get special cotton wool type stuff that is good for babies as some of the other stuff you can buy is not suitable-check the packet) and just wait. If babies appear, don't touch them or she may eat them- they will come out when they are ready.
It could be however that the babies are already here if she won't let you touch the nest but is ok with you changing food etc?
How long have you had her and does she live alone? It could be that either she was pregnant when you bought her or if she's russian and you have 2, then you could have a male as well. If you have more than one hamster in the cage take the other out as it may attack the babies if they appear.
Hope this helps in some way!
ya she seems pregnant, she is bigger...of course, she gets jumpy and bites you because she is paranoid, and her hormones are kicking in an she wants to protect her unborn. does she stay in a cage with anotherhamster? one of the answers i read said to get fluffy woo bedding? DO NOT GET IT the chemicals can harm the mother and all the babies. it's bad dont do it!
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