i had a male and female hamster. I put them together for breeding (after doing TONS of reserch) and i had gloves, a spare cage, ect to have ready. i put them together, and the male mounted the female, they mated, he got off, and started massaging her. i have never heard that being done before. was it normal for him to do that? it looked like he was massaging her, like a cat massages a pillow when its comfortable. what was he doing? he would be at her side, and massage her back