labor signs?????

[moe181]

how do you tell if you hamster is in labor? i no mine is pregnant but i think shes in labor but im not sure how do you tell?

[wheels]

If a hamster is in labor, she may be laying on her side, have her eyes closed, and could be making some odd noises. Also, if she is in labor, you will see her having contractions.

(She could also be breathing heavily)

[moe181]

can she hold her birth? her due date is today but no babies yet.......dose she have them durring the day or at night?

[wheels]

I have been through 3 pregnacies with hamsters. All of mine have had their babies at night. But, I would think whenever they come, they come?

Is she having contractions yet? If she is, then the babies are coming soon. If she isn't, then you have some time to wait.

[moe181]

she might be having contractions she was on her side breathing fast

[wheels]

I would say within the next 1-4 hours, your hamster should have the babies.

Once the contractions get longer, and she is breathing heavier, then the babies will be right around the corner.

[Revenge]

Yeah but doesn't blood comeout of the buttock of the mother when the babies are born?

[wheels]

In all 3 of my hamster pregancies, I never saw a drop of blood on her shavings. That could just be my personal experience though.

[Revenge]

thats what I read in some website from a person thats in expert on hamsters he or she or it said that during or through personaly experience it may contract blood before or after the 4th pregancie

[Revenge]

possible the 3rd?

[wheels]

I have never seen it before, but that is my personal experience. It could differ between other people, and it could differ between the hamster breed.

[Revenge]

Is it possible to create a new breed?

[moe181]

i wouldn't try it because something could go wrong......but my hamster is breatheing slow and then it gets faster but then back 2 slow but she's sleeping or lying with her eyes close

[wheels]

You could probably create a new breed, but I would be 100% against it. I do not think anyone would be stupid enougn to mix hamster breeds, in hopes of creating a new breed.

[wheels]

moe181, did you she have the babies yet?

[Revenge]

No no no thats not what I mean I mean a new breed of a hamster with a rich color texture

[moe181]

no not yet...her contrations are getting worse..i think she is going into labor..wen she goes into labor..wen will she have the babies?

[Revenge]

How am I spouse to know about the contarctions of your hamsters labor

[moe181]

moe181, did you she have the babies yet?

yes this morning she had them and she did bleed a little. she had 13 little pink bundles of joy!

[Revenge]

how much can a dwarf hamster have in each litter

[wheels]

A dwarf hamster can have anywhere in between 1-13 babies.

[Revenge]

Dear god!!!!!!!! That much

[Revenge]

moe my advice is to name your trutle crush

[moe181]

moe181, did you she have the babies yet?

yes 13 of them......i took the male out of the cage because he knocked a baby out of the nest and almost killed it and he was trying 2 mate with sweetie pie and i don't want any more babies....... the new born pups are now 19 hrs and 11 mins old

[Revenge]

yes 13 of them......i took the male out of the cage because he knocked a baby out of the nest and almost killed it and he was trying 2 mate with sweetie pie and i don't want any more babies....... the new born pups are now 19 hrs and 11 mins old


So its not a good idea to have the male in with the mom when the pups arrive?