i have two dwarf hamsters who live in the same cage. they both eat about the same amount of food (or store it in their pouches) and they eat the same food as each other, yet the one has normal pooh and the others pooh looks like mushy peas!! hows this. he poohedin my partners trainers earlier, it was minging. how come their poohs are diff???
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The poo shouldn't be like "mushy peas", so it seems that the little one isn't well. Would be good if you could take him to the vets.
Good luck.x
yak just yak.
It tastes different too when you smoke it. For some reason.
take them to the vet or at least call
one is drinking more water than the other...yuk yuk yuk
Is your poo different to your cousins, mums, brothers, best mates?
I bet so! :p
I no nothing of the bowel movements of hamsters, sorry
Has this happened only recently? I hate to be the bearer of bad news but often hamsters get this when they are about 2/3 years old and it is called Wet Tail. I haven't had one survive after these symptoms.
I hope for your sake I am wrong but it has always been that way in our experience.
one has an upset tummy i think. do you vary the diet a bit, like give them a tiny amount of fruit or veg occasionally? this should help clear it up. if they only eat hamster food its just like us humans eating fibre all the time, you'd be going the toilet rather a lot. otherwise take him to the vet?
he might have a virus or mite but i would talk to the vet and seperate the hams jus incase sumthin is wrong both of them dont have to be sick.
Well, it might be diarrhea. That's not good for any kind of rodent, because that means one of your hamsters has a serious disease. To cure it, go to the vet and get antibiotics ASAP. I'm pretty sure it's not contagious, so you can still have your hamsters living together.
I'm a bit concerned your hamster is ill. They shouldn't make poo's like that.
I would separate them straight away and get him to the vet. There are a number of serious conditions which hamsters can get and they often do not recover.
Usually, a change in color or consistancy in a hamster's fecal matter is indicative of diarrhea. Diarrhea is terribly serious in dwarf hamsters, and is also common with the disease known as wet tail.
You should immediately seperate the hamsters, and clean the cage that they currently share very well. Also clean all their feeding and watering implements very well. Do not use any cleaning product with bleach.
You should contact a veterinarian about the sick dwarf hamster. It is likely that he will need antibiotics to treat his poorly tum. You can try to give him Pedialyte, which is a liquid treatment for diarrhea given to children. Only give him a drop or two three times a day. I would not wait more than 24 hours if it does not seem to clear up. Wet tail is a serious condition, and dwarf hamsters can die within two days of noticing symptoms.
I'm also curious as to how a dwarf hamster defecated in your partner's trainers. Do they run wild in your home? Or were they playing, and when he defecated in the trainers it was your first glimpse of his runny tummy. Also interesting that it was minging. I have never, EVER actually been able to smell hamster poop... Are you sure it just wasn't your partner's trainers that stunk?
Hey Hunny
Thats not right,something up with your little hammie :-(
Take her/him down the vets take some poo along with you on tisue so the vet can see whats wrong.
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Take the one with the "mushy peas poo" to the vet - no hamster poo should look like mushy peas. In the meantime, isolate it from the other one if possible, unless you want 2 sets of mushy peas.
one of the hampsters is pumping iron while the other is slacking
The most serious intestinal disease of hamsters is "wet tail." The bacterium suspected of causing this disease is called Lawsonia intracellularis, which can also cause intestinal disease in swine, dogs, ferrets, primates and other animals.
This disease most often afflicts hamsters of weaning age (3-6 weeks old), but hamsters of all ages are susceptible. Since weanling hamsters and those slightly older are commonly sold in pet stores, wet tail is a fairly common disease among recently acquired hamsters. Long-haired "teddy bear" hamsters re highly susceptible to wet tail. Signs include lethargy, inappetence, unkempt hair coat, sunken, dull eyes, increased irritability, hunched posture, very fluid diarrhea, and a wet, soiled anal area and tail. Blood from the rectum and protrusion of the rectal opening (prolapse) may be noted in particularly serious cases.
Hamsters with wet tail must be immediately examined and evaluated by a veterinarian. Fluid replacement, oral antidiarrheal medication, and antibiotics will be given, along with supportive care to keep the patient warm, clean, comfortable and well nourished. Treatment is often unrewarding, and death may occur as soon as 48 hours after the onset of initial signs. This disease is not transmissible to people.
maybe has diarrhoea ask the vet what it means first
get it to the vet as it has a virus
It sounds like the hamster with 'mushy' poo is ill. It could be something called 'wet tail.' This is a very serious illness for hamsters and it needs to get to a vet as soon as possibe. If not treated quickly it can prove fatal as was the case with my own hamster.
it could be any number of things the best thing to do is to tack it to the vets as they can mack a proper diagnoses
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