Pickle

Question
Pickle is my (i think ) Pregnant hamster and i was compareing her to Dustie on ur site. She is 12 days pregnant (if Pregnant) and dosent seem to be as large as Dustie. I also saw the mating, but am not sure if every time they mate they always have babies. I also saw them fighting a day after the mateing which i though quite odd because they never fought in there lives. I can't take a pregnancy test with the male because he died. So mabye this means she won't have as many. So is Pickle probably pregnant.  

Answer
Hey,
Serian hamsters will fight territorially if left together, so it would be natural for them to fight.
 It is difficult to tell if a hamster is pregnant until it becomes obvious.Try picking her up gently and feeling her belly, if it feels hard and tight underneath its a good sign that she is pregnant.and if you're not sure now, you will know in a couple of days becuase it will become very obvious.
 Hamsters don't always beome pregnant after mating, but if shes feeling bigger than normal its likely she is.
 Dustie (who sadly died last week) In those pictures was 13 days gone, and theres alot of difference between 12 days and 13 days in hamster pregnancy.She also had 8 babies, so your hamster may well be having less.
  so really all i can suggest you do is feel your hamsters belly and care for her as if she was going to have babies (plenty of protein)
 I hope this helps
  suzi