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HoneyHams · Honey Hams - Diabetic Hamsters

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  • Category: Health
  • Founded: Jun 24, 2003
  • Language: English
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194 Jane Landis
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Sep 1, 2003
7:13 am
... transfixed! I asked to handle them, and they were all very tame and curious. I fell in love with a little fellow with mottled markings. I would have too,...
195 misspixy03 Offline Send Email Sep 2, 2003
6:21 am
i have a dwarf campbells... seymour plufkin. he started showing strong signs of diabetes at 8 months (xcessive urination, drinking, weight gain). several urine...
196 misspixy03 Offline Send Email Sep 2, 2003
12:33 pm
hello! i'm obsessed with my dwarf hamsters (currently have 11). i've had xperiences with so many hamster health challenges & want to help ppl dealing with...
197 Ellen S.
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Sep 2, 2003
10:18 pm
What was your vet's regimen? I don't trust vet's to know what to prescribe. ... Ellen S. in NYC ... From: "misspixy03" <misspixy@...> To:...
198 misspixy03 Offline Send Email Sep 3, 2003
12:10 am
hi Ellen: the dosage of glipizide was .05ml 1x/daily. & my vet has xtensive background with small animals, including hamsters. additionally she contacted...
199 georginawings Offline Send Email Sep 3, 2003
2:00 pm
... some ... Hi, MissPixy, I have a diabetic dwarf, also. I use Pedialyte. The amount of glucose in the solution is very minute, and I think the benefit of...
200 Ellen S.
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Sep 3, 2003
11:01 pm
How did you administer? Drops? And where do you live that you are lucky enough to have a vet that knows about diabetic hamsters? ... Ellen S. in NYC ... From:...
201 misspixy03 Offline Send Email Sep 4, 2003
3:07 am
rene! seymour's glucose & ketone levels are absolutely normal now. in the beginning when i suspected he was diabetic i used the Bayer Diastix for urine...
202 misspixy03 Offline Send Email Sep 4, 2003
3:11 am
Ellen, yes, i administered this liquid oral med with an oral syringe. i live in rhode island. to be honest, i did all the research online & discovered the...
203 misspixy03 Offline Send Email Sep 4, 2003
12:07 pm
my concern also with the pedialyte, even tho it's used so much, is that i've found it ranks on the "unacceptable foods list" of the glycemic research...
204 freegirl608 Offline Send Email Sep 5, 2003
12:08 am
Hi there! My name is Pat, and I have 17 dwarf hamsters (and two guinea pigs)! One of my hammies (Sammy--I call him "Sammy, the hammy from Miami"--I have no...
205 Linda
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Sep 5, 2003
1:07 am
Hi, all-- I've been on vacation, so I apologize for the late response to your kind messages about my new mottled dwarf hamster! (See ...
206 Jane Landis
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Sep 5, 2003
1:14 am
... discovered the glipizide. it seemed that stella's symptoms just escalated once i started the pedialyte. I had that experience with my Zeke also. I dropped...
207 misspixy03 Offline Send Email Sep 5, 2003
3:58 am
hello Jane! when i came on this board, the 1st thing i did was try to find any posts in the archives that hinted at ppl using any kinds of oral meds. maybe i...
208 misspixy03 Offline Send Email Sep 5, 2003
4:03 am
hello Pat! xcessive urination and drinking is not confined to diabetic hamsters. hamsters that have kidney or bladder infections also xhibit these same...
209 natalieranae Offline Send Email Sep 7, 2003
7:14 am
Blizzard died yesterday at 12:30 am. I came home and he was cold and breathing like he was not going to last long, but he was still alive. He wouldn't open his...
210 Jane Landis
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Sep 7, 2003
7:51 am
... He sounds precious! I'm so sorry Blizzard had to go. He certainly enjoyed life with you to have stayed so long despite his diabetes. You must have taken...
211 jaydee0014 Offline Send Email Sep 7, 2003
7:21 pm
Hi everyone, I am about to welcome a new dwarf into my home. Chevy (we haven't decided if this name will stick or we will rename him) is a "rescue" from a...
212 georginawings Offline Send Email Sep 8, 2003
1:10 am
... I'm glad you were able to spend his last minutes together. He must have been very comforted knowing you were with him until the end. I'm sorry for your...
213 georginawings Offline Send Email Sep 8, 2003
1:13 am
Hi, Jeanne. I used Harry Supreme Hamster Mix. I pick out all the regular-looking corn and peas, but there are squished peas and corn in there, too. Cocoa...
214 misspixy03 Offline Send Email Sep 8, 2003
1:26 am
hiJeanne::i just recently find a seedmix for hamsters called "Small World" and it has no added sugar at all. it does have corn tho, and it's recommended to...
215 David G. Imber
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Sep 8, 2003
1:27 am
At 01:13 AM 09/08/2003 +0000, georginawings wrote... ... Jeanne: Just so you know, this is the same food that I wrote about in my mail to you, although I...
216 jaydee0014 Offline Send Email Sep 9, 2003
2:47 am
Thank you all for your suggestions. I think I will try the Harry Supreme Hamster Mix. The Small World mix sounds good as well, but I do not think it is sold...
217 Nancy Grabarczyk
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Sep 9, 2003
3:26 am
If you have a Petco card, you get it for $2 off. I just purchased a bunch from there myself. Nancy...
218 georginawings Offline Send Email Sep 9, 2003
4:30 pm
... already belong to the club from Michigan, but now I'm in Ohio. Rene'...
219 Chris
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Sep 9, 2003
6:14 pm
Hey, I'm Chris, I live in NYC, and I have a black-eyed white Russian Dwarf Hamster named Bacon. I don't know for sure, but I think he's diabetic. He drinks a...
220 pat@...
freegirl608 Offline Send Email
Sep 9, 2003
7:15 pm
I'd love to know also, but I haven't gotten a response from anyone on how to tell if my hamster is diabetic! Could someone out there help Chris & myself? Thank...
221 Jane Landis
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Sep 9, 2003
8:50 pm
Welcome, Pat and Chris. I'm sorry your hamsters hare having problems. Increased drinking/urination are an important sign of diabetes. He must drink more so...
222 Chris
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Sep 10, 2003
5:53 am
Within 30 seconds of the first test, it went brown. This was using Bayer Diastix on what might have been slightly less than fresh urine (as much as 1 hour...
223 mihosweeti@...
miho176 Offline Send Email
Sep 10, 2003
6:00 am
The way to test for diabetes is to get some glucose reagent strips for urinalysis. I use Diastix by Bayer, which I bought at Walgreen's. Mine is a bottle of...
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