how do u breed dwarf hamsters??

Question

people tell me that the female when u touch her back and her tail and so on but i want to know how to make them want to breed thanx!!!!

Answer 1

Touching her back will only work for Syrian hamsters, not any of the dwarf species.

There is no easy answer as you have not specified what breed of hamster you're interested in breeding. There are five species of hamsters commonly kept as pets: Syrians, Campbells Russian Dwarf, Winter White Russian Dwarf, Roborovski Dwarf and Chinese. Syrian hamsters are the ones that every pet store incorrectly sell as "Teddy Bears", "Black Bears", "Panda Bears", "Honey Bears", "Calicos", "Dalmations", etc.. It has become such a long standing practice that many people think that they are all separate breeds. The pet stores do this to get more money for them.

Breeding Syrian hamsters takes a great deal of work. I know because I'm a Syrian hamster breeder. Syrians are solitary animals and each must have their own cage. A female Syrian will go into heat every 4-5 days. A female in heat will display very obvious signs: lowering her body and raising her tail ("freezing"), musky smell and white discharge. Sometimes a female in heat will freeze when you stroke her back, other times she won't do it until introduced to a male. Place the female in heat into the males cage. He will begin licking her bottom area and then mounting. He will mount several times. With the first few mounts, he will not ejaculate enough sperm to impregnate a female so allowing him enough time with her is essential. Many breeders will leave the male and female together for ten minutes. I leave mine together until the female rejects him (she'll begin to fight with him) or until he's exhausted. Once mating is finished, remove the female to her cage and that's it. Female Syrians gestate for exactly 16 days. Syrians can be a bit tricky to breed during the winter though and breeders use artificial lights and additional heat to help overcome these problems but it's not always successful.

Campbells Russian Dwarves are the easiest to breed as a male-female pair can live together. I know that many breeders use a male-female-female trio to breed. It's harder to know when a Campbells litter will be born though as there's no way to tell when actual mating occurs since it doesn't need your help. Campbells females also have the ability to delay implantation of the embroyos. Even without delayed implantation, Campbells gestation still has a range of 18-20 days. Unlike the Syrians, the male can remain in with the female and he will even help care for the young.

Breeding Winter White Russian Dwarves is exactly the same as breeding the Campbells with one twist. A Winter White in its winter coat will not breed. You will need for it to moult out of its winter coat before you can expect any pups.

Roborovski Dwarves can be set up in pairs and colonies just as the Campbells and Winter Whites. Roborovskis have the longest gestation period of the five species, 23 days. It is not confirmed whether they can delay implantation or not. Roborovskis have an extra twist in that the females will not become sexually mature until their first spring. This means a female born in the summer will wait for almost a year before she'll give birth to her first litter. There are exceptions to this but the majority of females won't be.

Lastly are the Cninese hamsters. They have the reputation of being the hardest to breed. It all depends on the personality of the individual hamsters. Some of the Chinese hamsters can live in male-female pairs, but no trios. Some need to live alone and be bred like Syrians. There's no way to tell until you observe the personality of the pair you want to breed. Chinese hamsters gestate for 20-21 days, though there have been observations of gestation periods shorter than this.

I don't recommend casual breeding. If you're considering it, I suggest you join the Internet Hamster Association of North America:
http://groups.msn.com/internethamsterassoc

On the site you will find a Code of Care and a Breeder's Code. I also strongly recommend you join a Yahoo! Group called Hamsters In Focus
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/hamstersinfocus

This is a group discusses breeding strategies and techniques, genetics, exhibition standards, and ethics as they relate to the purposeful, goal-directed breeding of both Dwarf and Syrian hamsters.

Another excellent source of information is the California Hamster Association newsletter:
http://www.geocities.com/calhamassoc/newsletter.html

-Janice
http://www.holmdenhillhaven.com

Answer 2

yep, i had some extremely a protracted time in the past, yet whilst there are like 2 men and a pair of girls human beings dont, male ought to combat over one. 3 men, 2 women human beings or incorrect way around dont, a million lady and male referred to whilst the two have been yound must be reliable. in the journey that your no longer likely to take breeding as a job/pastime heavily, DONT, you need to be very reliable at advertising or you will finally end up with 40 minimum hamsters by potential of the time you acquire some breeding (im no longer joking) . new babies will mate in thier adulthood, you desire universal visits to vet, must be depressing like mom each in specific situations eats infant hamsters, babies will each in specific situations die, seperating mom father babies is quite complicated, nutrition cage costs intense. no license required, in simple terms the ok referred to hamsters from youthful elderly and cared for good at youthful age generally will, or possibilities would be decrease, in the journey that your arranged, then i desire you the very ultimate of great fortune

Answer 3

Well, I didn't/don't have that problem...but,when I got my two dwarfs the pet store said I had two males....WRONG! I ended up with a bunch of little ones and they were given away to friends and my granddaughters' class at school took one. Put a male and a female in the same housing chamber and leave them alone. They don't /won't need any encouragement from you.
ttttrust me.... lol

Answer 4

Throw them in the tank and watch them go! And no rodents don't have to wait to go into season, All rodents will spontaneously go into season when put together with a male, that's why they say they bred like rats or like rabbits, they breed constantly. Just make sure that once she is bred, you remove the male because the male WILL eat the pinkies! Do not touch the pinkies either, because if you get your scent on them she might eat them too, it has happened.

Answer 5

Put a male and a female in a cage together, nature will do the rest.

Answer 6

She has to go into season before they will *want* to. Not much you can do to cause a force of nature.. lol.

Now, young man you just listen to your Mother... hahahhaa

GOOD LUCK

Answer 7

u can go to hamsterhideout.com to check ok? it helps a lot!!!!

Answer 8

hamsters go *boom boom*