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Christine Yule · 07-12-2007, 02:32 PM

I would say that it depends on the weather and activity level of the hamster.

However, if you are wondering about the drinking and diabetes, I would say that excesssive urination is a better indication of diabetes. It is not the only one, but the most noticeable. When one of my dwarves would start to urinate a lot, it was almost a guarantee that they had developed diabetes. When I say excessive, I mean a hamster could soak 25% of it's cage shavings in a few days. That is pretty hard to miss. Of course to pee that much a hamster needs to drink A LOT.

I don't want to nag but I hope you will decide to purchase the strips when you can. If a hamster develops diabetes, I beleive it is very, very painful. I have seen some of mine not respond to treatment and they are clearly in extreme distress. It is best caught as early as possible.

07-12-2007, 02:32 PM
Christine Yule Hamster Pup Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 224	I would say that it depends on the weather and activity level of the hamster. However, if you are wondering about the drinking and diabetes, I would say that excesssive urination is a better indication of diabetes. It is not the only one, but the most noticeable. When one of my dwarves would start to urinate a lot, it was almost a guarantee that they had developed diabetes. When I say excessive, I mean a hamster could soak 25% of it's cage shavings in a few days. That is pretty hard to miss. Of course to pee that much a hamster needs to drink A LOT. I don't want to nag but I hope you will decide to purchase the strips when you can. If a hamster develops diabetes, I beleive it is very, very painful. I have seen some of mine not respond to treatment and they are clearly in extreme distress. It is best caught as early as possible.