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Accidentl matings

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Question
hi, the bottom line is, i put a 3-4 month old hamster with a anywhere from 6month -2year old hamster (it was fully grown) into a cage with eachother, they started to hump but i never saw the males penis go into the females vagina, but the male did hump here rear end for awhile,maybe 20 minutes than 20 minutes again 2 hours later. is it likly that she will be pregnant? plz get back to me asap thanks. And if u could also tell me what to prepare for her and stuff to get ready for pregnancy if she is pregnant thanks. P.S. im sry if i used some inaproperate language :(

Answer
heya,
now worries about the language! as i long as i know what you mean its ok!!
 depending on how old the second hamster is, chances are she is pregnant, you can check this by putting her with the male again four days or 8 days after she mated before, and if she goes to mate again, shes not pregnant.
 Ok so if she is pregnant, hamsters are pregnant for 16 days.you'll be able to feel she is after 10/11 days.
You need to clean her our 3 days before shes due, becuase after this you can't clean her out until they are 2 and a half weeks old. She needs to have paper or tissue paper bedding, not fluff becuase it can get tangled in tiny limbs.
its best to give her lots of nuts and little bits of cheese, becuase she'll need the protein in pregnancy to keep her from eating the babies. Always make sure shes got plenty of food and water.
 After you've cleaned her out, she shouldn't be touched until 5 days after the babies are born. after that you can take mum out to play. its important you do not touch the nest at all until they are 2 and a half weeks, becuase the mother may eat them or reject them.
  at five days the babies start to eat solid food, small peices of vegetables and porridge oats are ideal, scatter them about the cage.
 After this they will start to grow fur, and by ten days they'll be eating machines...so give them plenty of food.
at 2 and half weeks start the handling. and plenty of it.
at 3 weeks, they need to come away from mum and put into a communal cage until they are 4 weeks, where they need to be separated again, to prevent in breeding, in same sex cages, pet shops will normally take them at about 5 weeks, and they can go to their new homes.
 ok i think thats all you need to know.
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www.angelfire.com/jazz/hamsters
Suzi x