Hamsters mating

Last night I put the male hamsters into the big tank where the female and kids are. Within the 45 minutes I was watching them, the hamsters have mated a total of 7 times, no less. The first time I saw him mount the female from behind and start to hump at rapid speed, I could not believe my eyes and thought it must have been just cleaning the top of the female hamster head very quickly. After all hamsters do groom each other. The second time it humped, I looked at them closely and was absolutely sure they were mating. By then, I don't think separating them would make any difference any more because we are going to have the babies 3 weeks later anyway.

Oh man, hamsters sure hump very very quickly! The following is a brief description of the mating, please auto-skip if you are below 18 of age or have a very clean mind.

He chases her, he kinds of climbs onto her back, uses his paws to grab her, raise her ass up and hold her there while he humps (at inhuman speed). Think doggy-style for humans. For some reason, his eyes were wide and bright while her eyes were slitted and small while they were mating. That she would scamper away and proceed to groom herself, they would play around for a bit and fight a bit. He would chase her and they would sniff each other's butt and kind of groom each other, they would snuggle up to each other, put their noses against each other (are they kissing or something? Do hamsters kiss?), then he would chase her again, she would refuse then allow him to mount her.

It's kind of sweet and very amusing to watch them mate.