We all know that pregnant women have a lot of precautions during pregnancy. They are prone to overeating and emotional instability. In fact, the same is true for small animals. The mother hamster will be emotionally unstable during childbirth. If something affects it, it will be disturbed, so it is necessary to separate from the male hamster during childbirth! Otherwise, it will cause serious consequences! Why do you say this? Let's take a look!

Affects mood

Pregnant dams can be sensitive, or somewhat neurotic. If there is no separation of cages at this time, the female hamster will consider the male hamster in the living environment as a threat to the baby hamster, and when the female hamster feels that the safety of the baby hamster cannot be guaranteed, the baby hamster will be swallowed. Said recycling situation.

Pregnant female hamsters are also more aggressive, and will expel the outsider male hamster, and fight with the male hamster and cause death and injury.

Food Storage Judgment

Pregnant female hamsters store large amounts of food for later use. If the male hamster has not been separated out of the cage at this time, it will eat the food stored by the female hamster, so that the female hamster mistakenly thinks that the stored food is not enough to support the survival of the hamster babies.

Accidental ingestion of pups

A male hamster may ingest baby hamsters thinking it is food. Many people say that hamsters are cruel because of this incident, but you must know that there is no emotion and ethics between hamsters, and some only have the instinct of being an animal.

Consecutive births

The male and female cages are not separated, resulting in the most overlooked but also the most serious situation: the continuous birth of female hamsters. Through Do you know what should be paid attention to when hamsters are paired for breeding? We have already known the serious consequences of hamsters' continuous reproduction. If the cages are not separated, the male hamsters who are in heat almost every day will continue to entangle the female hamsters for mating to satisfy their own desires. Therefore, for the health of the female hamster and the growth of the baby hamster, please be sure to separate the male and female hamsters into cages before giving birth!