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Originally Posted by tgsachris
Hi, been a while since I posted, I recently posted some stuff about my dwarf hamster Rose. She was cold, breathing heavily, and lethargic. From what research I could find, and after describing it over the phone to the vet it seemed like she was suffering from hibernation sickness. She wouldn't eat or drink so I gave her water and food via a syringe for a few days and kept her warm like the vet and some others on here said to do, and as soon as a time opened I took her to the vet and got her medication.
Briefly she started doing a lot better, her breathing is back to normal she has more energy and she is eating and drinking on her own again. But then I noticed another troubling sign.She was eating nearly twice as much as she used to, if that wasn't bad enough she stumbled to her bowl of water (I gave her a bowl because she couldn't reach the tube anymore) drank it all then back flipped (Literally) back into her food dish and continued eating, I would record some of this strange behavior but it is so seemingly random I cant catch her with my phone in hand. I have only ever heard of eating problems like this once and as if on cue the vet called and told me she has worms.
after the last 150$ bill I can't afford to go back, is there anyway to maybe threat worms at home?
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My hamster had worms as well and I didn't even need to call the vet. I gave him a bath because we had just gotten home from a trip to the beach and o brought him along. The beach was great don't get me wrong and he had lots of fun but I never even thought about how he could get worms from it! As I was bathing him he pooped and there was a little stringy thing coming out with it. Pinworms. I did my own research and found that pinworms live in the large intestine and each the vitamins and nutrients from the host. My hamster was old so I made the decision instead of risking medicine (if its strong enough to treat them it could kill them and if it's not strong enough to treat them what's the point?) I decided to just get him added vitamins and it severly increased his comfort and he seemed to be okay for the most part and I think he lived longer than he would have had I not been giving him the added vitamins (purchased for about $10 or less from pet smart and you just put in in their water) its really up to you to decide what to do you could try that but like I said I caught it early on and my hamster never showed sever signs and he was also a Syrian. You could do what I did and ask the vet what kind of worms if you don't already know and learn about them even if you can't find cases of it in hamster even knowing WHAT they do can help you make a decision.. Good luck