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10-17-2005, 09:02 AM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Somerset
Posts: 21
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Drooling hamster?
Does anyone have a drooling hamster on the forum.
I have a drooling hamster but I'm not sure why she does it, is it some kind of defence maybe?
What do you say ?
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10-17-2005, 04:25 PM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Posts: 135
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I've never had a hamster that drools - it's quite strange. Does he/ she do it all the time or are there certain occassions (when alert, sleepy or feeding) when he/she does it.
Perhaps you made some yummy home baked seed buns that it could smell
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10-18-2005, 04:36 AM
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Former Admin
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Connecticut USA
Posts: 2,590
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Drooling huh? this doesnt sound right to me. How much does your hamster "drool?" My first thought it that maybe something has cut the inside of her mouth or is lodged in there and the irritation is causing her to salivate. Does she seem to eat normally?
I don't think thats normal, but maybe someone else here has a logical explanation for it.
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10-18-2005, 05:35 AM
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Hamster Addict
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: North Somerset, UK
Posts: 877
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If she's drooling all the time, check her teeth and mouth carefully. She might have overgrown teeth that are digging into her lip or tongue, or a piece of food or something stuck there. Check her water intake carefully and watch her eating - is she actually eating or just playing with her food in her mouth.
I have had the odd hamster who would get wet around the mouth occasionally when they were being handled, but it wasn't constant. It could possibly be excitement/stress.
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10-18-2005, 08:02 AM
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#5
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Somerset
Posts: 21
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She drools when she wants to go back to her cage but I don't know why she does it instead of just getting very lively
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10-19-2005, 01:00 PM
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#6
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Retired Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: The land of hams!
Posts: 1,929
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Our Runty used to drool after you'd had him out for a bit. I think it was the excitment of playing on the bed!!!
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10-19-2005, 01:21 PM
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#7
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Retired Moderators
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Scotland UK
Posts: 3,393
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Wierd but some hamsters get so excited to be out of their enclosures they forget to swallow
A hamster who seems to have drool marks on the side of their mouth a lot and expecially one who likes to bar bite needs its teeth thoroughly checked for uneven wear or overgrowth.
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10-29-2005, 01:08 PM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 139
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As far as I can tell with my hoard, they all always drool if they happen to get too hot, not if they are too hot in the cage as such but if I have hot hands and I'm handling them, they start to drool. I think I read elsewhere that it was when they overheat that they start to drool a bit too cool down? I don't know how that works though
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10-30-2005, 09:33 AM
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Retired Moderators
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Scotland UK
Posts: 3,393
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Dogs pant to cool down so possibly something similiar?
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10-30-2005, 10:47 AM
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Hamster Pup
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 139
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yeah, I thought that too!
It didn't half scare me this first few time I saw Hamlet doing it though! thought she was dying!!!
It was someone on PWS that said they drooled when they got hot so I looked out for it and they were right.
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