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Cute Pet Hamster Breeding Information
If the mother-to-be is a dwarf hamster, she will sometimes drive the male away from the nest when the birth is about to occur. When examined, female hamsters have two holes close together whereas males have anal and genital openings further apart than the female's (the member is usually withdrawn into the coat and thus appears as a hole or pink pimple). Because of their short life expectancy, hamsters mature quickly and can begin reproducing at a young age (four weeks).
After a total of three weeks, the pups will be weaned and can leave the nest for good, except for Roborovski hamsters who mature at a slower rate and should not be removed from the mother until 4 weeks of age. If the mother-to-be is a dwarf hamster, she will drive the male away from the nest when the birth is about to occur.
Left to their own devices, hamsters will produce several litters a year with several babies in each litter. Before sexual maturity occurs at about 4-6 weeks, young hamsters are harder to sex. After a female hamster mates, there is a gestation period of 16-18 days for Syrian hamsters, 18-21 days for the Russian hamsters, 21-23 days for Chinese hamsters and 23-30 for Roborovski hamsters before the female gives birth.
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