Let the hamster diary begin! It was today that I expected Mini to have her litter originally then from working out the hours I was expecting them anytime now, up to tomorrow evening. It has been seventeen days since I walked in on Mini and Nibbler having sex, which was completely unplanned by me and I had a big panic over. It was late at night when they had sex, around midnight and I'm not aware of how long they were having sex for. What happened is I put them both in separate balls to get some exercise while I went downstairs for a while. This was quite obviously a stupid idea, which I will make sure to never happen again. Remember kids, always keep an eye on your hamsters, even when they're 'secure' in their balls! It was around 5.20 when I first noticed blood on Mini's substrate, I then moved her cage over to my bedside desk so I could keep a close eye on her. It was 5.30 when I first heard the noise of a pup, and from research it shows that they are born once every 10 minutes, so Mini has another good hour of labour to go still. I'm updating this as we go along, which I feel may be quite obvious. She's now had her at least second pup, which was born outside of her house. I am what you can call a badly influenced owner, I cannot control my interest or excitement so will watch the mother closely, although the correct way would to leave them completely in peace with no interference of noise. The babies look even smaller than last time, even though Mini is much larger than the last littler, this makes me want to assume that there will be a larger litter than last time (9). Sadly a ridiculous amount of 5 babies did not survive last time, I think this is due to Mini not being supplied enough extra nutrients and because it was her first litter. So far I think we're onto number 3, I've had quite a few glimpses of the babies and they're looking very adorable. She went for a walk around to put some more bedding in the house for them, which sadly means there's a chance of a pup being dragged around for a little bit. I think that's as much as I'm going to see until tonight when I do a final check of the babies and to see how she's doing, I'm sure I'll do an update later with photos and videos too [if I'm able to].
Let the hamster diary begin! It was today that I expected Mini to have her litter originally then from working out the hours I was expecting them anytime now, up to tomorrow evening. It has been seventeen days since I walked in on Mini and Nibbler having sex, which was completely unplanned by me and I had a big panic over. It was late at night when they had sex, around midnight and I'm not aware of how long they were having sex for. What happened is I put them both in separate balls to get some exercise while I went downstairs for a while. This was quite obviously a stupid idea, which I will make sure to never happen again. Remember kids, always keep an eye on your hamsters, even when they're 'secure' in their balls! It was around 5.20 when I first noticed blood on Mini's substrate, I then moved her cage over to my bedside desk so I could keep a close eye on her. It was 5.30 when I first heard the noise of a pup, and from research it shows that they are born once every 10 minutes, so Mini has another good hour of labour to go still. I'm updating this as we go along, which I feel may be quite obvious. She's now had her at least second pup, which was born outside of her house. I am what you can call a badly influenced owner, I cannot control my interest or excitement so will watch the mother closely, although the correct way would to leave them completely in peace with no interference of noise. The babies look even smaller than last time, even though Mini is much larger than the last littler, this makes me want to assume that there will be a larger litter than last time (9). Sadly a ridiculous amount of 5 babies did not survive last time, I think this is due to Mini not being supplied enough extra nutrients and because it was her first litter. So far I think we're onto number 3, I've had quite a few glimpses of the babies and they're looking very adorable. She went for a walk around to put some more bedding in the house for them, which sadly means there's a chance of a pup being dragged around for a little bit. I think that's as much as I'm going to see until tonight when I do a final check of the babies and to see how she's doing, I'm sure I'll do an update later with photos and videos too [if I'm able to].
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