How do i know when my hamster is pregnant? but i dont know when she mated. i got her when she was pregnant.?

Question

my hamster runs around the cage a lot. so i dont know if she is still pregnant. i cant feel the babies in her stomach either. WHAT DO I DO?!

Answer 1

move some bedding around the cage very carefully or look for movement in the bedding.

if you now were she sleep move the bedding carefully not to touch pups if their.

Answer 2

You know hamsters are pregnant when you see them building a nest, if she is still building a nest, she's still pregnant. Put some newspaper inside the cage and see if she uses it or not.

good luck!

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Answer 3

It is very difficult to tell if a hamster is pregnant. The reason being her size won't increase until the last 4 days before delivery. I have even had one dwarf that never got significantly fat but went on to deliver a litter of 4!

Sometimes hamsters new to an environment can build nests, hoard food and get fatter (due to the better food and attention from the pet owner). So it can be very confusing as she might look like pregnant.

However we cannot rule out the possibility of pregnancy completely since in pet shops, by mistake, the hamsters are sexed wrongly and kept together resulting in a pet owner unwittingly buying a pregnant hamster.

Some clues of pregnany include when she may be building a bigger nest, hoarding a lot of food in the nest, will eat and drink water more than usual and sleep a lot more if she is pregnant. In the last 4 days before delivery, she will look big in the belly and teats would be prominent.

The gestation period for dwarf hamsters is 18-21 days from the mating day and for syrians is 16-18 days.

Whether she is pregnant or not, treat her as though she is pregnant for the next 25 days. Make sure you give her lots of clean food and water and supplement her protein intake by giving her bits of hard boiled egg whites, bits of unsalted cheese and little quantities of skimmed milk. Also supplement her regular food with pieces of fresh vegetables like carrots. Throw away any stale food after a day. Try to put the cage in an area where she has the least disturbance from noises and activities.

Read up on the internet on how to handle pregnant hamsters and hamster babies so that IF she delivers a litter, you would be confident about how to handle the situation.