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Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« on: February 22, 2010, 09:44:36 PM »
Hi i thought it might be good to have a post on how to tell if a Chipmunk is pregnant. My Abigail may be pregnant but she isn't looking fat yet so are there any other signs i can look out for. This may also help other people who think their chippie is pregnant. I'll list the signs i think show Abigail may be pregnant.

ABIGAIL

1. Aggressive to the male, not letting him near, chasing him away from her, chasing him away from nesting area
2. Eating cuttlefish
3. Nestbuilding, adding extra bedding to nest. Stealing bedding from male.
4. Teats appearing through belly fur.
5. Scratching her belly

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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2010, 10:05:57 PM »
when you say scratching her belly do you mean with her feet or what i call "nitting" with her teeth  :icon_biggrin:
cos my agouti is always foot scratching like a dog :grommit:  :sign10:
but i'm not sure if she is pregnant or just maturing as she is only 10 months old and even though she chirped i wasn't sure if she was just joining in  :dontknow: but anyway she has a little round tum and i think i can see nipples but as she is very hyper so its hard to be sure  :icon_scratch:
and yesterday all of a sudden she went in her wheel and ran like mad and she's never once been in it, it was her mates origionally that died R.I.P  :angel7: but my dilute bitsy only ever goes in her wheel during and after pregnancy  :icon_scratch: very strange
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2010, 11:00:41 PM »
Funny you mention about your Agouti suddenly using her wheel, Abigail to has been in the wheel lately and i don't see her use it normally, she don't spend a long time in there but uses it several times during the day.

The scratching is with her back feet and she does seem to do it alot.
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2010, 12:59:56 PM »
they are strange little creatures  :toothy4: but i'm coming to the conclusion that my little angel is preggers though  :happy2:
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2010, 06:40:20 PM »
My chipmunks have been rebuilding their nests turfing out their old ones which are very dirty and building fresh.
My two females have gone mad for me too, every time I go in the aviary they are all over me trying to get inside my clothes and I struggle to get back out. 
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2010, 08:03:02 PM »
ha :icon_biggrin: they must be trying to smuggle out!  :sign10:
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2010, 11:19:56 PM »
So this could be a sign of pregnancy then? Abigail was in the wheel today and i got a video but can't upload it as my photobucket is not working, lately i have found it a struggle to use photbucket to upload vids. Does anybody have a photobucket? I have a pic of her in the wheel but its not as good as the video  :(

I cleaned all their boxes out today and Abigail's was full of nuts, Bailey and Asriel barely had any food in theirs.

Its hard to get a good look at her and her belly is fluffy.

Anyone feel free to post pictures of your pregnant Chippie girls  ;D
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2010, 01:14:27 AM »
that 3rd pic of your abigail has the protruding tum like my angel, only yours does look slightly bigger,  :icon_biggrin: i wil try and get some pics of her 2moz by bribing her with a nut or something,  :icon_biggrin: its just that she's so manic and hyper and you can never even touch her, i'm just hoping if she is pregnant it might calm her down, as i couldn't touch my bitsy before she had her 1st litter and soon as she had babies she trusted me sraight away  :icon_flower:
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2010, 03:06:18 AM »
Finally been able to upload the video

<a href="http://i677.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid677.photobucket.com/albums/vv139/chirpiechipmunkz/P2231678.flv" target="_blank">http://i677.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid677.photobucket.com/albums/vv139/chirpiechipmunkz/P2231678.flv</a>

So Angel might be pregnant too thats good. Yea i bribe mine with nuts too lol, even Hermione my shy girl will come over for a nut now.
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2010, 09:09:51 AM »
 :hello2:   hi there my little girl has just started calling :love7: out for her mate :love6: today fingers crossed we make it  he's that scared of her coz she's being really nice to him so i've put them both in the same cage to see how it goes

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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2010, 08:25:41 PM »
Oh the video didn't come out

Abigail didn't want to get near me today even with nuts. She spent the rest of the day asleep in Bailey's nestbox and chased him out of there. I think she was very put out yesterday when i cleaned out her box, i didn't want to disturb it but the hay was smelling musty and she had lots of old stored food. I replaced some of that food with fresh food but most she will have to start from scratch.

Jane, that is normal even an aggressive female will be best friends with a male on her calling day. Some males can be abit nervous to approach her at first if she has usually been quite nasty to him. Abigail and Hermione are real flirts, Pearl not so much she doesn't go out of her way except for chirping. Hazel used to be a flirt to she would actually follow a male around until he mated. Both Hermione and Abigail will chirp if the male ignores them and then roll on the floor. I don't know if you have ever seen a cat in season but it reminds me of that but more quiet, thankfully. My Elle (my cat) screamed for a week day and night when she was in season, no joke  :o and she also ruined the glass of my window by scratching it to get out to the boys. We put out with this twice until we got her spayed. I think i have a video of it somewhere on an old camcorder tape. Good luck with your female getting pregnant.
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2010, 08:44:56 PM »
lol my angel flirts all the time  :-* but my bitsy never does she's just so matter of fact about it all  :evil4: and just sits and lets bobs (her mate) get on with it, they're quite a loving pair normally  :love3: but you'd never know it in season times  :sign10:
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #12 on: February 24, 2010, 09:18:42 PM »
Fidget just carries on stuffing her face while Lionel is doing ..well.... :icon_biggrin:    Nuts both ends ... (Hope there's no kiddies present... :nono:)

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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #13 on: February 24, 2010, 09:22:01 PM »
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Re: Signs of pregnancy in Chipmunks
« Reply #14 on: February 24, 2010, 11:22:48 PM »
My females have been chirping the last few days & i have witnessed some "loving" going on!  :love3:  Fingers crossed there will soon be babies.

Don't you just love this time of year?!   :love7: