something bad

[Time Hamster]

hi I've sofar had my hamster (his name is jerry) for 2 or 3 months he was ok nothing rong with him but now he seems to have goten skinie but he still eats the same amont of food he allways dus and seems to be slowing down a bit and has lost some fur but hes still active some pepole say hes geting old some say hes ill but I'm not sher wich :worried:

[yodelinghamster]

This a a somewhat common problem with dwarves. You have to take him to the vet he is not fine! It sounds like a allgeric reaction to pine or cedar bedding. He needs to be cured before he gets worse it could be another 3 months before he slowly dies, or you could wake up a few days later and well you know. Get to the vet ASAP. It is cureable if caught early.

[Time Hamster]

thanks a lot I'll get him to a vet

[Time Hamster]

sad to say I can't get him to a vet cus nun of them know how to help hamsters is there some other way to help him and I'll get him a new brand of bedding but where I live they dont have caerfresh bedding I did a bit of serching on bedding and one site said to just give him a paper and he'll shred it and use it like bedding but I dont think it's good for him

[TobyRat]

Check his fur for parasites like lice and mites. Is he skratching a lot?

And yes, get him a new bedding if you're useing pine or cedar. Besides CareFresh, beddings like Aspen, Yesterday's News, and Eco Bedding are really good too.

Where is the fur missing at? Is he making any noises when he breaths?

[HandcuffedAngel]

Aspen. Find Aspen.

It will be sold where the other wood beddings are and I would not suggest Yesterday's News for something as small as a hamster.

[yodelinghamster]

Why not? I have heard good things about it. Even use it myself once. It was fine. I would even get it again if it went on sale or they were out of carefresh... etc.

[Time Hamster]

ok I'll get him some new bedding as soon as I can and his fur is missing on his back right leg and his upper left leg and he dus not seem to be skraching a lot and he dus not make any noises when breaths and I'll look up how to get lice or mites off of him if that is the problem and were I live there is no pine but I'm not sher about cedar

[HandcuffedAngel]

Why not? I have heard good things about it. Even use it myself once. It was fine. I would even get it again if it went on sale or they were out of carefresh... etc.

I have only heard of it being used for buns, etc. with the slide-out trays. I can not see it as being comfortable to walk and/or lay on.

Just my thoughts.