How do i know if my teddy bear hamster's are mating?

Question

well i have a boy and girl and they sleep together i wanna know if shes preganant or not?

Answer 1

Well if u hear wierd screeching noises at night then they are mating alright. lol

Answer 2

If you look in their cage and he's having a cigarette then you will know they have mated. lol :}

Just kidding, good luck and have a nice day.

Answer 3

You can tell if the gril wants to mate by the smell on her body. If she smells like urine (or something like that), then she is ready to mate. Spend some time examing the behavior of your hamsters. If they are humping, then babies are just a matter of time.

Answer 4

I can almost guarantee they are mating. It's just natural instinct. If they are left together all the time I'm sure they have unless they are too young. Female hammies are in heat every four days. So if you don't want babies you had better seperate them

Answer 5

Breeding Your Hamsters

Plan to breed your hamsters about a month after you have bought them.

Place the two cages together (side by side) for a few days, so they can see and get used to each other.

Place them together for five minutes on the first few days, then ten minutes on the following days.

Put the female into the male's cage, or into neutral territory (ie a spare cage/carrier) as she is more likely to attack the male if he is put in her cage, and then leave it up to them. If they start fighting, remove one of the hamsters from the cage, and try again another day.

Keep following these steps until they mate.

Isolate your female hamster once the mating is over - or at least definitely before the babies start to arrive. While some male hamsters will care for the babies, some will attack and even kill them.

Wait for the 15-18 day gestation.

Look for the babies. You will know the babies will be born soon when the female becomes particularly restless. She wanders around her cage, gathering food and nesting material for her nest. Then labor begins: you see her uterus starting to heave and tiny pink bodies begin to emerge. One by one they are born while she is on the move in her cage, and one by one she carefully picks them up in her mouth and brings them back to the nest. It is during this time and the days that follow that you must take extra care not to disturb her. If she leaves any pups lying around the cage you MUST NOT TOUCH them. If really necessary, rub a spoon well into the sawdust and then scoop them up in it and return them to the nest.

Allow the mother to nurse for three weeks without any disturbance, not even cleaning the cage. Leave her, the cage, and especially her babies alone, with the exception of discreetly topping up her food and water. This is particularly important for the first time mother, who under stress, has been known to kill and even eat her babies.

Wean the babies from their mother at three and a half weeks. Determine their genders and separate them (females in one cage, males in another) for another two to three weeks until they go to their new homes