Hi Stephen, May little Zoomer now find peace and contentment. I was very saddened to hear about Zoomer's passing, but as you said, he did get to live 18 months...
About euthanizing our loved fuzzies: Vets charge ridiculous amounts in upwards of 85 dollars or more for sometimes rather painful procedures to send our...
That is awful I assumed they received an injection that put them to sleep literally. I always thought they literally fell asleep and their heart just stopped....
Hi! I'm Dasha and 6 Dwarfs... Two of my hammies seem to have diabetes and one of my biggest problems is the amount of water they drink and then... urinate....
Unfortunately, I do know that for hammys to be put to sleep it is anything
but calm and peaceful. I have a family friend who is a vet and we had this...
I don't know what they do at the Animal Medical Center--they told me that they would give my hamster a form of anesthesia prior to the fatal injection--but...
I think you should find a good vet. Our vet used a container and gas, so no injection. Plus she did not charge us at all. stephen www.sevensmilingsharks.com...
I don't know, maybe it is just my feelings, but I have had three dwarfs die in my hand and none of them suffered. They went in their own time and their own way...
I agree. I have had mostly all syrians up to now, but I think I have only had one put down. He ended up paralyzed from the middle down, and he was in obvious...
are respiratory infections very common in dwarf hamsters? or just diabetic ones? I had a tough week, I lost one on wednesday night and just another today....
When I have had to have my hamsters put to sleep, the procedure seemed relatively painless. They were first put in a small boxlike enclosure and given a gas...
About a week ago, I bought a Campbells Dwarf little boy. I'm sure he's fairly young yet, but I don't know his exact birthdate. I happened to notice that he...
I have 10 diabetic hamsters all realated through breading or siblings. I bread a few that i got form a pet store and the diabeates has just shown up in my...
kasandrashandler-- Please stop breeding store-bought hamsters without knowing where they came from. Most likely they all have some sort of genetic disease such...
... came from. I agree that it's certainly not good to breed store bought hamsters, but I'd also warn about buying from breeders unless you can get a lot of...
Backflips??? What on earth are you talking about. Is there really such a thing? You ARE putting us on, aren't you? ;-) Krisztina ... [Non-text portions of...
it started last wednesday, one got sick. We tried to stay up the night giving him licks of water every hour but he didn't make it. Since this is my first...
it's not so bad that he pees in three corners. it's worse when you have 5 and they all pee in the same place! When I had 5 diabetic hamsters in one cage,...
... Is there really such a thing? You ARE putting us on, aren't you? ;-) No one is putting anyone on. There is a neurological disorder that is hereditary...
Have you changed anything at all?? Food, water, bedding? Anything new in your home that may not even be directly related to the hamster that could be ...
So there is nothing I can do about it? Just clean it every day? Or is there some change in diet or drinks that will help? Because I don't see anybody...
I never personally complained about excessive urination, only because I accepted it. I just clean the cage more often. I've fed them a diabetic diet ever...
oh goodness, my gas oven stopped working last week. However I keep all my windows open during the day and the place is pretty well ventilated. I have a...
well...I tried many times to lure them to urinate at an "easier to clean area" of the cage and they just go wherever they wanna go! I don't believe there's...
I've had only four dwarfs ever, and none of them used a litter pan, they peed everywhere. Which is why I don't let them have tubes anymore. Syrians seem much...
Yeah.. Smell is my biggest problem.. I have six of them and only two so far are diabetic, but they smell like an army of hammies!..;)) I love them though.. I...
