... 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,...
i have a dwarf campbells... seymour plufkin. he started showing strong signs of diabetes at 8 months (xcessive urination, drinking, weight gain). several urine...
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...
hi Ellen: the dosage of glipizide was .05ml 1x/daily. & my vet has xtensive background with small animals, including hamsters. additionally she contacted...
... 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...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
hello Pat! xcessive urination and drinking is not confined to diabetic hamsters. hamsters that have kidney or bladder infections also xhibit these same...
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...
... 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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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