I am so sorry to hear about the loss of Hugo and Sneakers this week. I came home on Friday night also to find that T.J. had died. She had just been to the vet...
Dear Chris, I appreciate your kind words. I do miss him so. He was the last of my little Campbells with the stripe down the back. I have my albino, Jimmy, my...
Hi, I'm sandra, I'm sorry too! I losted two hamsters with in 2 months, both just about a year old, one too tumors, and the other diabeties. They are so...
Hi, I'm sandra, I'm so sorry I losted two within 2 months of each other they are so precial, I buried mine on my hill with a cross and new plant. It takes...
I find don't give him any hams food there is suger and dried fruit in it! There are other foods some are, and very inporant is, fresh timothy, alfalfa or oat...
Hi, in diet also important is, fresh timothy, orchard grass, alfalfa or oat grass, make sure it smells great and has soft edible leaves and seed buds, a daily...
Thanks, also Ezekiel 4: 9 bread, low sodium, is very good for them it has alot of whole grains, no sugar they love it! sandra oh you can find it in albertson's...
Thank you so much for this imformation! I had a ham to die wrondly because the doc did not no anything but surgery! Which killed her, she losted to much blood!...
You can also give her fresh timothy, orchard grass, alfalfa or oat grass, make sure it is soft and has edible leaves and seed buds, thats real good for them...
you can give them dog biscuits small in favors too.sandra ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has...
Hi, I have a couple of questions about feeding dwarfs. My two dwarfs aren't diabetic, but I am wondering how often they should have little dog biscuits and how...
Emily, I can't say anything about the Cheerios, but as for the dog biscuits, we typically give each of our hams a little puppy-sized bone about once every week...
I know! I can't get enough of the panic when receiving the biscuit! I went to Pet Supplies Plus and they had teeny little biscuits. I got 1/2 lb in bulk...
I'm so sorry about T.J., Jaime, and thank you for the information and reminder that the symptoms of kidney disease may mimic diabetes. It sounds as if T.J.'s...
But please note that I've read here that Pedialyte, even 50/50, should NOT be given unless ketone levels, not only glucose levels, are high. The Pedialyte does...
Sandra, I'm so sorry about that poor little hammie, that's so sad! Unfortunately, a lot of vets don't have the expertise to treat hamsters and other "exotics"....
Please check the ingredients of the dog biscuits, if you can, because many contain sugars of some kind, molasses or whatever, or corn, which is also a no-no...
That sounds SO cute! I've only given my hammies pieces of dog biscuits, it never occurred to me to just give them the whole thing and let them do with it what...
All of a sudden my little Skeeter has gone from fine this morning to lethergic and a swollen belly this evening. I suspect constipation. Any suggestions? I...
When Simon, my Syrian, had a swollen belly, someone suggested heart disease. He was a little less than three years old. Be on the lookout for rectal prolapse....
Hello, Ellen, thanks for your reply. He seems a little better this morning. I will give him some water before I go to work. One resource said remove the dry...
i am not entirely certain but i suspect one of my campbells has wet tail...ive seen to do pedialyte but i do not have any on hand...so i will try to get...
... tail...ive seen to do pedialyte but i do not have any on hand...so i will try to get some..but i did get some medicine called dri tail The term "wet tail"...
yes..on the stressors or changes..i take full responsibility and feel terrible...i had given a piece of broccoli to each cage (2 campbells in one cage/ 2 robos...
Hi! Last month, we diagnosed my daughter's dwarf hamster with diabetes. We got the Keta-Diastix and found her glucose level high and ketone level low. So...
Hi Rose, I know it can be off-putting when a hammie starts biting, ours has been really tame up until a couple of weeks ago. Then, like yours it started ...
If the hamster's blood sugar is still high, it might be a side-effect of that that'll get better as the glucous goes down. I always noticed that my Tenn-boy...
Hi, I hope your hammie is better. Please don't blame yourself, you were only doing what you thought was right and healthy. Even if the blackberries do not...
Hi, I've read this in other postings as well, that it may be irritability due to the disease and/or related discomfort. I know that Macho, my diabetic Russian...
update on the hammie...first..i do not know for certain that either are diabetic..i have some keotone strips and testing strips but cannot seem to get fresh...
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