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Hamster Illnesses

hamster illnesses Hamsters have a lifespan of two to three years but some have been known to live up to four years or longer due to exceptional hamster care and a bit of luck. During a hamster’s life, like all living things, it can become ill, sick or injured from various ailments or accidents. With proper prevention, diagnosis and treatment of a sick hamster, you can hope for your little pet to be fortunate enough to live a long (in hamster years) and happy life.

Hamster Illnesses Directory

Some of the common ailments that can affect a hamster’s health include to name a few: bar rub, colds, cuts, dehydration, dry ears and skin, bad falls, hip spots, kinked tails, lumps and bumps, problems with nails, odd noises, bad smell, strokes, teeth issues, thinning fur, behavior problems, urine color change, weight loss, mites or fungal infestations. Read more…

A-Z Directory of Hamster Illnesses

Prevent Hamster Illness

The best treatment of hamster illnesses is to prevent them from ever happening. If you can provide a healthy diet, plenty of fresh water and a good exercise regimen, your hamsters will in turn be healthier and less likely to succumb to an illness. It’s also important to keep a clean and comfortable living space for them. Read more…

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Signs and Symptoms of a Sick Hamster

In order to determine is your hamster is sick with an illness, you must first observe its behavior. If the hamster’s behavior is off from what it normally is, that a sure sign something might be wrong with your little pet. Check how it acts and interacts with you or other hamsters. Another thing to observe is to check its body for physical signs of injuries or illnesses. Read more…

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Treat a Hamster Illness

Before you have to treat a hamster for an illness, you should find a veterinarian that can help sick hamsters. Not all vets have the expertise. Avoid waiting until you need a vet before finding one. You might not need veterinarian help at all but it’s just best to be prepared. A good start to treating a hamster that is sick is to separate it and then thoroughly clean and disinfect its cage. Read more…

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Alopecia Hamster Hair Loss

Causes of Hamster Hair Loss Alopecia is a term for hair loss of the head or body. This conditions is often connected to humans but it can also affect hamsters too. Typically hair loss in hamsters comes with age. Older hamsters can lose their hair due to a lack of protein (less than 16%) or …

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Hamster Abscess Illness

What is an Abscess? An abscess is a localized pus collection in any part of the body that often becomes swollen and inflamed. This pus is actually a collection of white blood cells that have built up in attempt to fight off some sort of illness and dead tissue. The types of hamster illnesses that …

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Hamster Acariasis Skin Disorder

What is Acariasis? It’s a skin disorder that occurs as a result of mites. You can brush the coat of the sick hamsters over a piece of white paper and use a magnifying glass to look for these tiny parasites. A veterinarian can also help you diagnose the accurate hamster illnesses it might have. Signs …

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Hamster Anorexia

What is Anorexia? Anoxeria in humans is mental health disorder where the sick individual chooses not to eat in order to lose weight or maintain their thin appearance. It’s caused by several things such as an emotional need to fit in, or believing what the media tells them. Anorexia in a hamsters is not due …

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Hamster Diarrhea

Causes of Diarrhea The causes of a hamster with a bout of diarrhea includes several things. If the diarrhea is just that and not the more severe type referred to as hamster wet tail, it’s typically caused by three or four different factors. The first cause can be due to a infectious virus like influenza …

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Hamster Hind Limb Problems

There are two main problems that can affect a hamster’s hind limbs. One is a term called Cage Paralysis and the other is Hind Limb Paralysis. Both have similar symptoms, loss of the use of the back legs to the point where they become stiff and the ill hamster has to drag its back legs …

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Hamster Intussusception

Causes of Intussusception This problem with a hamster’s digestive tract occurs when a part of the intestines folds inwards into another section of the intestines. The medical condition often leads to an obstruction of the intestines. A case of hamster diarrhea or constipation can lead to this sometimes serious or fatal hamster illness. Signs and …

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Hamster Kidney Disease

Causes of Kidney Disease Kidney disease is a common hamster illness. One of the main causes of this disease is the deposits of a certain protein, called amyloid within the body of a hamster. In terms of a hamster with kidney disease, these amyloids are localized in one or both of the kidneys. This protein …

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Hamster Veterinarian Care

Veterinarian Care It’s important to find a veterinarian early on before you ever need to treat a sick hamster. Not all vets have the expertise to cure hamster illnesses and injuries. Therefore, it’s important you look around to find one that can. It might sound crazy to need a veterinarian for a pet hamster but …

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Hamster with Demodex Mites Infestation

What are Demodex Mites? Mites are tiny parasites (.3 to .4 mm in length) that lives their lives in and around the hair follicles of mammals, including hamsters. A scaly body of the mite allows it to attach itself securely into the skin of its host hamster. Demodex mites will attach themselves to the skin …

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Hamster with Rabies

What are Rabies? Rabies is a viral disease that effects the central nervous system and can cause inflammation of the brain in any warm blooded animals, including hamsters. Signs and Symptoms The early stages of rabies in a hamster include a change in its personality which begins with a dull demeanor and then turning to …

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Hamster with Worms

Causes of Worms Hamsters can become infested with tapeworms (Hymnenolepis nana) or pinworms (Syphacia obvelata) in their small intestines as well as certain protozoa parasites. Worms can be introduced into the the hamster habitat by worm infested insects, fleas, new hamsters or in contaminated water. These worms can be transmitted to humans and other hamsters …

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Impacted Cheek Pouches

What are Impacted Cheek Pouches? The nature of a hamster is to collect and hoard its food. It’s able to do this because of the two lateral cheek pouches on the sides of its mouths. When it goes about collecting food, it does so by stuffing its cheek pouches with seeds and other bits of …

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Injured or Sick Hamster Signs and Symptoms

If you are concerned that one of your pet hamsters might be sick, you probably already have a good feeling something might be wrong. By closely observing your pet’s behavior and physical appearance, you can determine if you have a sick hamster on your hands. Once you determine there is a problem, you can go …

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Lumps on a Hamster

Testicular Lumps As a male hamster matures, its testicles develop. When a mature hamster gets warm, its testicles will become more prominent and then retract when they cool down. The male Chinese dwarf hamster on the other hand typically has prominent testicles all the time. There is no concern if these types of lumps appear. …

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Malocculusion of Hamster Teeth

Causes Hamsters are animals that only have one set of teeth for life. From the day a hamster is born until it dies, like all rodents, its teeth will continue to grow. The teeth of a hamster are similar to finger nails in a human. As humans we can trim our nails with clippers but …

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Mastitis Infection on a Hamster

Causes Mastitis is a bacterial infection of a mammary gland. It’s a condition that all animals with mammary glands can get. Often it is caused the by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. An infection to a hamster can occur when this bacteria enters the body through a crack, cut or scrape on the hamster’s nipple. The …

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Most Common Hamster Illnesses

Hamster don’t often get sick in their 2 to 3 year lifespan but on occasion they can contract an illnesses if their owners don’t fully understand how to prevent illnesses that are most common. Even then, it can still be beyond your control to keep your pet healthy. Genetics and environmental factors can come into …

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Obesity of Hamsters

Causes In their natural environment, Hamsters are known to run more than a mile or more a night in search of food or a mate. If a hamster is then taken out of its vast natural habitat and placed into a small hamster cage with few options for exercise, not only will the hamster go …

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Overgrown Hamster Toenails

Causes Overgrown toenails can occur for several reasons, obesity and aging. What both of these factors have in common are that they result in inactivity in a hamster. When hamsters stop being active, they stop using their feet as much for climbing, digging and running, yet their toenails still continue to grow. See, it’s the …

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Prevent Hamster Illness

A good way to combat hamster illnesses is to prevent it from happening in the first place. With just a bit of preventative care, it can help you keep your pet healthy for much less than it would cost if your hamster actually gets sick. Here are a few hamster care recommendation that will go …

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Respiratory Infections of Hamsters

Causes Respiratory problems in hamsters are one of the most common hamster illness. Both bacteria and viruses can cause a respiratory infection in hamsters. These can be transmitted through contact or exposure to other hamsters or pets with an illness and even humans who are sick. The following infectious bacteria and viruses can cause your …

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Ringworm Fungus on Hamsters

Causes of Ringworm Ringworm hamster illness is caused by a fungus. Contrary to the name ringworm, it’s not actually a ring shaped worm; though its appearance does resembles that. The medical term for this skin condition is called tinea. When the contagious fungus gets into the living environment, it burrows into the skin and hair …

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Sarcoptic Mange on Hamsters

What is It? Mange is a skin condition that is caused by parasitic mites; Sarcoptic mange, also called canine scabies is a very contagious skin disease cause by the Sarcoptic scabeii mite. These mites will burrow ad embed themselves into the skin of your pet hamsters, any of your other pets and even you if …

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Skin Sores on Hamster

Signs and Symptoms Skin sore can occur anywhere on an injured hamster but mainly these can be found on the underside of the hamster’s belly, legs, face and scent glands. These sores an be described as open wounds on the surface of the skin. They will appear raw, red and occasionally bleeding. Causes There are …

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Treat a Sick Hamster

If your hamster is ill or injured, there are things you can do to treat it. After you observe the behavior of your sick pet and note the signs and symptoms, you can go about treating it for those ailments. It’s worth mentioning that the best treatment is illness prevention. That being said though, no …

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Wet Tail Hamster Disease

Causes The term “wet tail” is one that refers to a severe case of hamster diarrhea caused by various bacteria and genetic factors. Proliferative Ileitis and Transmissable Ileal Hyperplasia, the medical terms for wet tail is associated with such bacteria as Lawsonia intracellularis, Campylobacter jejuni and E. coli. It’s difficult to pin point which bacteria …

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