Hello..I need some advice please.
We bought 2 female Dwarf hamsters..or at least thats what we were told!!!
Brought them home, both were in the same cage...saw them doing the naughty bits!!! Bought another cage and seperated them..Lizzie who was mated is due around the 12th...she is sleeping a lot more than usual, has started biting (not hard tho) and looks slightly larger (might be my imagination tho). Normally shes ready to come out for cuddles and exercise, but she's not interested.....could she be pregnant?
Do I do anything..Ive cleaned the cage today and put in clean bedding etc...she normally sleeps in the house but has decided to make a nest under the wheel in the corner.
Shes eating normally, not hoarding tho and seems to be drinking ok aswell, not a lot more than usual.
Any advice would be great

Firstly...did you get them from a breeder in Manchester? Sorry random but... Thanks, xx

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MY ZOO-LET
Syrian: Dini
Winter Whites: Alaska, Apollo, Hero and Ares
Bunnies: Saffy, Gus, Cookie and Cream and 5 babies!!
Piggies: Bubble and Squeak

RIP Tilly, Thom, Tiny, Cassius, Stuart Little, George, Baby Pom (Mice), Melvin (Chameleon) Harry (Cambells Russian) Charlie and Roma (Syrians) Eros (Winter White) Jet, Rainbow and Angel (Rabbits) Neva (Ratty girl)

Hi, no from a breeder in North East England...lol..why?

If she does have babies, then you cant clean the cage for 14 days after they are born or you will risk the mummy eating them (hamsters have naturally high cannibalistic instincts)

Only when all the pups have fur and their eyes are open, can you handle them. Leave the mother alone and she should be fine

Feed baby food, shredded carrot, kitten milk, kitten biscuits, porridge oats (mixed with kitten milk) in small quantities
You can feed these things now as it wil help the mum get some much needed extra protein

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Mummy to:

Oscar and Molly Pooches
Oliver, Lily, Jacob, Sweep, Stevie, Blue, Dillon, Daisy and Flopsy Rabbits
Midnight, Alice, Bethany, Midget, Hermionie, Dora, Valentine, Casper, MJ and new babies!!! Meeces
Dean, Bella, Ruby Hammies

OK good...I'm suspicious of a breeder in Manchester. OK well can't really improve on what srhdufe says! xx

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MY ZOO-LET
Syrian: Dini
Winter Whites: Alaska, Apollo, Hero and Ares
Bunnies: Saffy, Gus, Cookie and Cream and 5 babies!!
Piggies: Bubble and Squeak

RIP Tilly, Thom, Tiny, Cassius, Stuart Little, George, Baby Pom (Mice), Melvin (Chameleon) Harry (Cambells Russian) Charlie and Roma (Syrians) Eros (Winter White) Jet, Rainbow and Angel (Rabbits) Neva (Ratty girl)

Thanks hun... Kinda taking my own advice atm

YouTube - Bellas baby

Sorry for hijacking your thread

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Mummy to:

Oscar and Molly Pooches
Oliver, Lily, Jacob, Sweep, Stevie, Blue, Dillon, Daisy and Flopsy Rabbits
Midnight, Alice, Bethany, Midget, Hermionie, Dora, Valentine, Casper, MJ and new babies!!! Meeces
Dean, Bella, Ruby Hammies

Awww so teeny tiny!!!

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MY ZOO-LET
Syrian: Dini
Winter Whites: Alaska, Apollo, Hero and Ares
Bunnies: Saffy, Gus, Cookie and Cream and 5 babies!!
Piggies: Bubble and Squeak

RIP Tilly, Thom, Tiny, Cassius, Stuart Little, George, Baby Pom (Mice), Melvin (Chameleon) Harry (Cambells Russian) Charlie and Roma (Syrians) Eros (Winter White) Jet, Rainbow and Angel (Rabbits) Neva (Ratty girl)

Many Thanks..Im assuming that you think she is pregnant then.
Apart from normal feeding..do I have to increase the amount of food...

No idea if i'm honest...the amount of times ive had new pets then suspected pregnancies but none came!!

Look out for her nesting furiously a few days before they're due etc.

But hamsters are so hard to know as they can go through pregnancy with almost no physical symtoms/changes! xx

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MY ZOO-LET
Syrian: Dini
Winter Whites: Alaska, Apollo, Hero and Ares
Bunnies: Saffy, Gus, Cookie and Cream and 5 babies!!
Piggies: Bubble and Squeak

RIP Tilly, Thom, Tiny, Cassius, Stuart Little, George, Baby Pom (Mice), Melvin (Chameleon) Harry (Cambells Russian) Charlie and Roma (Syrians) Eros (Winter White) Jet, Rainbow and Angel (Rabbits) Neva (Ratty girl)

OK..Many Thanks.
Will just keep an eye on her, shes still building the nest in the corner instead of using the house and is sound asleep, bless her.
Will let you know how we get on

Thanks again