We continue to be very impressed with our young Dwarf russian hamsters and their parenting skills. We haven’t captured much footage of the baby hamsters yet, largely as a result of the very protective behaviour of the parents. We did  have a laugh though at the behaviour of the mother hamster recently when we tried to get a look in the nest.

The video below shows the hamster frantically digging in the bedding materials, trying to cover the entrance to the nest, then as if that wasn’t enough, she comes further out to get more material. Almost covering herself in the process.

The baby hamsters did spill out to the area just in front of the nest box last night, but typically, when trying to film animals, as soon as you get the camera…it’s all over. The mother hamster had dragged them right back in, and guess what? Correct, buried them in more bedding materials.

John

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