I am going to start off with the most common illness in Syrian Hamsters. ( This website is mainly on Syrian Hamsters, but if you are a Dwarf Hamster owner I will give you some relief: Wet Tail runs mostly in Syrian Hamsters. Not very many dwarfs at all get it) This illness is called Wet Tail. Those of you that are Hamster experts probably know exactly what this is. Wet Tail is caused by stress. Some people thing Wet Tail is caused by too much fresh foods, but this is not true whatsoever. If you feed your hamster too much fruits and veggies you think your hamster has wet tail, it is diarrhea. Unfortunately diarrhea have mostly the same symptoms, so many people think that wet tail is caused by fresh foods.
WET TAIL: Wet tail is caused by stress, not by too much fresh foods. Some people that wet tail is caused by fresh foods, they only think that because wet tail and diarrhea have the same symptoms. So I will try my best to help you tell the difference between these two deadly illnesses. There are two different Wet Tail stages, one stage is the first few symptoms where you can still save your hamster's life. On the other hand, the second stage it is probably too late. The symptoms of the Wet Tail are:
COLDS: Did you know that hamsters can catch human colds? You need to be really careful with your hamster when you have a cough or you have a sore throat. Because those are signs that you are catching a cold. Hamsters have really sensitive immune systems. I am going to warn you: if you have a cold i suggest that you ask someone else to take care for your hamster. The signs of a cold are:
There is no medicine for colds at pet stores. If your hamster happens to have a cold I suggest that you take your hamster to the vet.
DIARRHEA: Diarrhea is caused by too many fresh fruits and veggies. As you can see the Wet Tail drops say liquid medicine for diarrhea. This is not good because Wet Tail and diarrhea are two separate things. Oh! I just noticed that on the picture way above it says use with symptoms of Wet Tail (diarrhea) If there is a company that doesn't even know what they're making a product for, and they think these two illnesses are the same, I must repeat... DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT!
The symptoms of diarrhea are:
WET TAIL: Wet tail is caused by stress, not by too much fresh foods. Some people that wet tail is caused by fresh foods, they only think that because wet tail and diarrhea have the same symptoms. So I will try my best to help you tell the difference between these two deadly illnesses. There are two different Wet Tail stages, one stage is the first few symptoms where you can still save your hamster's life. On the other hand, the second stage it is probably too late. The symptoms of the Wet Tail are:
- Runny eyes
- Wet nose
- Your hamster sits hunched over most of the time and barely moves.
- Your hamster refuses to eat
- Your hamster will not drink water
- I saved the main symptom for last because this will help you determine whether your hamster has wet tail or not, and this is a wet, brown sticky bottom
COLDS: Did you know that hamsters can catch human colds? You need to be really careful with your hamster when you have a cough or you have a sore throat. Because those are signs that you are catching a cold. Hamsters have really sensitive immune systems. I am going to warn you: if you have a cold i suggest that you ask someone else to take care for your hamster. The signs of a cold are:
- Dull Sunken eyes
- Runny nose
- Sneezing
- No appetite
- Scarcely moving
- Dehydration
There is no medicine for colds at pet stores. If your hamster happens to have a cold I suggest that you take your hamster to the vet.
DIARRHEA: Diarrhea is caused by too many fresh fruits and veggies. As you can see the Wet Tail drops say liquid medicine for diarrhea. This is not good because Wet Tail and diarrhea are two separate things. Oh! I just noticed that on the picture way above it says use with symptoms of Wet Tail (diarrhea) If there is a company that doesn't even know what they're making a product for, and they think these two illnesses are the same, I must repeat... DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT!
The symptoms of diarrhea are:
- Runny or liquid droppings (This doesn't happen in Wet Tail)
- No appetite
- Not drinking
- Sleeps a lot