I. The etiology of hamster wet tail
hamster wet tail mostly occurs in Juvenile hamsters 3 to 6 weeks old. Hamster wet tail disease was named because hamsters had watery diarrhea and wet tails. Hamster wet tail disease is a gastrointestinal disease caused by bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection. Not all diarrheal diseases in hamsters are wet tail disease.
The hamster wet tail is mostly caused by the hamster’s excessive stress. The pet owner should relieve the hamster’s stress as much as possible to prevent the hamster from getting wet tail. disease. The pet owner needs to feed the hamster in strict accordance with the hamster’s living habits, which is also an effective measure to reduce the stress of the hamster. Because hamster wet tail disease is contagious to a certain extent, when the pet owner picks up a new hamster to go home, the new hamster should be quarantined and observed for a week, until the hamster is not found to show wet tail disease symptoms after one week, so that it can be allowed to interact with the new hamster. The rest of the hamsters live together.
Second, how to treat hamster wet tail disease
hamster wet tail disease There are many causes. In addition to hamster stress, hamsters catch a cold, or suffer from gastroenteritis, liver and kidney diseases, tumors, parasites and other diseases, which can cause hamster wet tail disease. And the treatment methods for hamster wet tail caused by different causes are different.
If the hamster’s wet tail is caused by a cold, the owner needs to take warm measures for the hamster in time, and give the sick hamster its special cold medicine.
If the hamster’s wet tail is caused by gastroenteritis, the owner needs to convert its feed to easily digestible feed and feed it its special probiotics to condition the stomach.
If the hamster’s wet tail is caused by a parasitic infection, then deworm the hamster. It is recommended that pet owners deworm hamsters regularly to reduce the occurrence of hamster parasitic diseases.
When it is confirmed that the hamster suffers from wet tail disease, the pet owner needs to take appropriate measures to treat it in time. Hamsters with this disease usually show poor appetite and watery diarrhea. Therefore, the pet owner must pay attention to adding water and nutrients to it, such as adding an appropriate amount of glucose to the hamster to maintain the blood sugar balance of the hamster.
This is the end of our introduction to hamster wet tail disease. I hope this introduction can help you have a deeper understanding of hamster wet tail disease. Hamsters take precautions.
