my hamster has been rolling crazily in the same spot for a few days now, any ideas why ?

She might be sick. This may sound bad but watch her poop. She might be coming down with Wet Tail.

Wet Tail is a disease that is thought to be stress related and often affects young hamsters around the time of weaning, as this can be a stressful time. Therefore it is important when buying a new hamster that its cage is prepared before its arrival home and it is left to become familiar with its new surroundings in peace apart from feeding for a day or two to keep stress to a minimum. It is also thought that Wet Tail can be caused by bad living conditions, etc which could also cause stress.

Wet Tail is a bacterial infection or an imbalance of the natural bacteria in the hamster's stomach or intestine and is often confused with diarrhea. Although a hamster with Wet Tail has diarrhea, the diarrhea is so severe that the hamster is wet and/or dirty not only around the anus but usually around the top of the tail as well. The diarrhea is accompanied by a strong unpleasant smell. Droppings are pale in color and extremely soft and may contain mucus. The hamster often walks hunched up, is weak and lethargic and may squeal in pain.

Symptoms take 7 days to appear and the disease is often fatal with death occurring as early as 24 hours after the appearance of the symptoms. Therefore it is vital that veterinary treatment is sought immediately if a hamster shows symptoms of Wet Tail. Do not rely on over-the-counter products such as Dri-Tail to treat Wet Tail as these are often not effective against severe cases of Wet Tail. These should only be used if it is not possible to get the hamster to a vet immediately and veterinary advice should still be sought at the earliest opportunity, but do ensure if you have used any over-the-counter product that you inform your vet when you visit.

Hamsters suffering from Wet Tail often die from dehydration rather than from Wet Tail itself, or they simply refuse to eat or drink. Also, because of the severe diarrhoea Wet Tail can lead to rectal prolapse where the intestine is pushed outside the body through the anus.

Veterinary treatment will consist of a course of antibiotics, anti-diarrhoeal medication and help with rehydration. The hamster should be kept warm and quiet whilst undergoing treatment and be disturbed as little as possible. Wet Tail is contagious to other hamsters and so any hamster suffering from Wet Tail should be isolated from other hamsters. It is also a good idea to wash your hands thoroughly after handling a hamster suffering from Wet Tail, to avoid passing the infection back to the hamster worsening its condition and certainly before handling other hamsters (this is best kept to a minimum). It is a good idea to remove droppings from the cage at intervals and disinfect the cage with a disinfectant designed for small animal cages when cleaning the cage. Although it is important to keep stress to a minimum it may help to clean the cage of a hamster suffering from Wet Tail every 2 or 3 days.

Any equipment occupied or used by a hamster that has died from Wet Tail should be disinfected thoroughly with a disinfectant designed for small animal cages and left to stand for a few weeks before being used by another hamster.

Wet Tail is a disease associated more commonly with the Syrian Hamster and is not associated with Dwarf Hamsters. Dwarf Hamsters can suffer severe diarrhoea but it is not clear at present that they actually suffer from 'Wet Tail'.

Susceptibility to Wet Tail is also thought to be genetically inherited and so it is best not to breed from any hamster that has suffered from Wet Tail during its life.

he's having an allergic reaction to the flea treatment. you actually want to get him right into a bathtub at present. they are made no longer to go back off in common dogs shampoo. you want to apply a extra delicate detergent cleansing soap. I recommend first light dish detergent. keep in innovations that is secure sufficient to take oil off wild animals, yet delicate sufficient no longer to break the exterior. there's a moisturizing version of the cleansing soap too. Any way do it two times to make effective the stuff is off. keep a watch on him for the subsequent 24 hours to make effective he's not having the different issues. My dogs had a reaction like this and an familiar bathtub did not get rid of each and every of the stuff, by technique of the subsequent morning the reaction turned right into a lot worse. He become respiration really demanding and had tremors. The vet had us use the first light and then we had to watch for 2 weeks till eventually lets practice yet another treatment. next time keep on with Frontline Plus. it isn't an same in any respect. some smaller dogs have even died from undesirable reactions to the lower priced flea stuff. Oh, remember to provide your vet a call too, merely in case they want to work out him. strong success and want this facilitates! might want to like to hearken to diminish back to you to work out how he's doing.

my ex hamster used to pretend to die i would put it in a sock by the fire trying to resuscitate it giving it water then it would bounce back to life swinging from the bars that was very strange hamsters do strange things

Souns like you need to visit the vet with your poor hammy

uve got a funny hamster

Sounds like you fed it strychnine. it certainly needs urgent attention why have you waited so long.?

Did you feed her salted sunflower seeds?

ah take her to the vets she might be in pain or something

not sure. try calling a vet.

she is sick take her to the vet, could be mites.