Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Small Animal | Unknown - Small Animal | Female | unspayed
My female hamster is gaining weight sleeping a lot and building nests is she pregnant
1 Answer
Published on August 21st, 2018
If your hamster had contact with a male hamster within the past 2-3 weeks then it is likely she is pregnant. Hamsters sleep a lot during the day and they do likel to have a nice cosy nest to sleep in, so that would be very normal behavior.
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