not sure if i am suppose to ask here..
any newly born syrian available for adoption around kl area?

Hi again people....

My hamster is dying. On a Saturday night.....

I think she's broken her bones a day ago since she was moving very VERY slowly yesterday. But she still insisted on looking fine last night. Eating and drinking as normal albeit slower.

I came back today to find her eyes bulging, she laid on the floor not moving. Her poop piled up indicating she has been on one spot for at least whole day. Bracing for the worst, I opened her cage to find her still breathing. I placed her in a shoe box and tried to feed her water but she was convulsing the moment water entered her lips. As of now she's been breathing heavily (no sound) like somebody with an asthma attack, every 3 minutes maybe. Once awhile she'd cringe and look like its gonna be game over.

She's Syrian, female about 2 years old.

Question:

1) How do I take care of her till tomorrow?
2) Does anyone know any vet that's open on Sunday or 24/7? I'm in Damansara.
3) Worst come to worst, I'll have to part with her. Any advice till then?

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And so she died.

This post has been edited by Kitsune_Yuiyean: Jun 15 2013, 10:19 PM

I'm so sorry this is happening to you but the best you can do is now is to try to feed her water. Do you have the drips to feed her water bitt by bit? Is she cold? You can put a cloth on your lap and slowly massage her to keep her warm.

I think there is a vet in usj. Not sure if Sunday is open.

Before I tried feeding her water she was just lame and doesn't move. After I tried to feed her, drip from the water bottle, she convulsed as it it pained her so much to drink. I'm suspecting internal at this point.

I've covered her with tissue and event placed a lump between her paws so that she has more room to breath. Been stroking her and talking to her. Seems calmed for now despite difficulty in breathing. Peeing and pooing on the spot where she's lying.

I have one hammie named Pepper, he's getting slow and slower, and skinny too. His fur is still in goo condition. Is he becoming old? I'm sad cuz he is my first ever tamed hammie. Aged about 1.5 yo

And one more thing, anyone knows the best method to stop hammies from fighting? My two hammies are male, but one is bigger fatter than the other, and they fight a lot until blood spills. Now separating them, which is quite sad they look lonely. Anyone knows the best method?

This post has been edited by zenyusof: Jun 15 2013, 09:33 PM

How old is he and what type of hammie? They don't have a long time span unfortunately. 1-2 years good, 3 years great.

Once they fight, best to separate. I hope they're not Syrians since those type lives alone. I had dwarfs before, brother ans one killed the other.

about 1.5 yo robo hammies.

They're robos. So should I just left them all alone by themselves? Really kesian. Try to introduce them back but still fighting.

That is old for robos. They live 1-2 years on average.

And yes, please separate them once blood has been spilled. I did the mistake of keeping siblings in one cage after fight and end up with one casualty.

Its normal, that's what happens when they are dying. So hamsters goes off easily, probably die in their sleep & some like what you & I experienced. I found my hamster in same situation as you in the morning (not sure what time it started) & he pass away ~6pm. Meaning half a day he was breathing heavily & on top of that I was on my way to penang. So took him together, keep feeding water but he was too weak. At ipoh I asked a vet, he said when they are dying their nerve becomes like that (like paralyze). Not sure la, I dont have much experience with dying hamsters so not sure that vet is reliable or not either.

But yeah same experience, its like his back bone is broken or what...not moving & breathing heavily. Body got too weak btw, by 3pm his body is super soft already & temperature also not that warm anymore...

Fights happens, only solution is to separate it. You can try to introduce them again after 1 month or so with an eye on them, if still fights then no choice but to keep them separate.

It's best not put them together again. Don't need to kesian them because when you think about it, they are happier in their own and not fighting anymore.

The biggest evidence is blood shed. That's very serious as they no longer want to share their space and gotten territorial.

Thanks for the advice. I'm so sad my hammie is slower weaker now, I think old age is really giving him hard.

yah... old age..so, he sure spend time more on sleep, relax.. jz like old man that retire my hammie pass away few months ago.. i still miss him

Izzit normal for old hammies to breath heavily? I'm sorry to hear that, hammies are really a good pet.

I just bought a new pair of winter white hamster... Any idea how to toilet train them? Or how to know where is the toilet? As I see poops everywhere in the cage...

How to potty train my hamster?

First of all to make things clear, its only possible to train your hamster to pee in the toilet. You CANNOT train them to poop in the toilet. Because hamsters will eat their own poop sometimes. Yes you may think its disgusting but there are two types of hamster poop. One is the excrement which contain nothing in it just poop & the other kind that they usually eat are poop that contain nutrients that was not fully digested. Hamster digestive system is not the same as human thats why they will need to eat their poop back because it contains some vitamins/nutrients are not absorbed at the first time.


1) Purchase a litter box designed for hamsters or use a small plastic box that the hamster can jump into. Specially designed litter boxes for hamsters have one corner higher than the others to prevent hamster urine from spraying outside of the cage. Most boxes are designed to be attached to the corner of a cage. A few boxes have covers and entrances.

2) Watch your hamster at night and observe which corner of the cage it normally go to pee. Place the litter box in that corner.

3) Fill the litter box one-third full with a specially made litter for hamsters. This litter can be found at pet stores.

4) Pick up hamster urine-soaked bedding and place it in the litter box. If u found fresh hamster urine try to absorb it with tissue paper & put that tissue paper into the hamster toilet. Just put the soaked/wet part in & not the whole tissue paper.

5) Keep adding fresh urine-soaked bedding until the hamster begins to use the toilet. Relax the process usually takes time, it dosent happen overnight.

6) Keep the toilet clean and filled with fresh litter once a week once the hamster is trained on its use.

Reference: http://www.ehow.com/how_2074136_potty-train-hamster.html

Waaaah you keep writing this everytime someone asks the same thing hahaha. Not tiring meh?
But recently my hamster start peeing a lot in her food bowl. I know it's to mark that it's her food, but how to prevent her from doing that ah? ><

Anyways nova_freak, for
3) Careful to differentiate between litter, and bath sand. They're different.
5) Mine did it overnight.

i didnt write haha, just went to first page & copy paste. Apparently people are too lazy to read the first page

Not sure about the peeing in the food bowl though, you got few hamsters in the same cage is it? Mine never did that If she is peeing in the food bowl & in the toilet then its kinda hard but if she changed location & started peeing in the food bowl instead of the toilet then try swapping the toilet location

LOL, I read the first page, but missed out the last part... And to be honest, I dun know the meaning of potty until now, haha... Thanks a lot bro...

One more thing would be about food. I bought a normal packet of mixed seed as its main diet, is this enough for main diet? I tried to find some main foods which was written on first page around the local pet store in my area, but none of them selling it... Any idea where can I get those?

Now besides the mixed seed, I am planning to buy salad and carrot too...

Dosen't have to be the exact brand as in the front page. Similar brands also ok as long as you can get it at your place, just make sure the quality is decent. Not sure what mixed seed are you referring too, if its just sunflower seed then nope not healthy.

Salad? Depends on the type of veg....carrot is fine though. Usually I fed them once or twice a week with fresh food, cant give a lot. You can also give them mealworms for extra protein

Any brand that you recommend? Since I am a beginner, I prefer to give high quality food, to prevent uncessary troubles...

Mixed seed contains corn seeds, kuaci, some yellow and brown nuts...