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01-21-2025, 12:33 AM
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#11
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Dec 2024
Location: Florida, USA
Posts: 30
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Re: Cleaning After Diarrhea
Sadly it looks to be the same amount—maybe a LITTLE less—but she has no other symptoms. Thanks so much for the tips and advice!!
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01-21-2025, 12:38 AM
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#12
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Dec 2024
Location: Florida, USA
Posts: 30
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Re: Cleaning After Diarrhea
I’m wondering now if it even IS diarrhea? The first day I noticed it her wheel looked like this. It is much less now. http://madigrace.org/wp-content/uplo.../IMG_2565.jpeg
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01-21-2025, 06:11 AM
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#13
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Adult Hamster
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: UK
Posts: 266
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Re: Cleaning After Diarrhea
That just looks like pee plus bits of food to me. My Robo's wheel looked like that quite often when he was more active, and my Syrian's is similar...just bits of substrate rather than food. =)
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01-21-2025, 05:36 PM
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#14
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Dec 2023
Location: Cheshire, UK
Posts: 42
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Re: Cleaning After Diarrhea
i agree it just looks like pee and food. looks like your lil fur baby gets the munchies mid workout
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01-21-2025, 05:39 PM
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#15
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Dec 2023
Location: Cheshire, UK
Posts: 42
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Re: Cleaning After Diarrhea
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Originally Posted by Jeir
That just looks like pee plus bits of food to me. My Robo's wheel looked like that quite often when he was more active, and my Syrian's is similar...just bits of substrate rather than food. =)
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i was just wondering your thoughts on robo's? ive owned all the other domestic hammys but ive somewhat avoided the robo because i heard they can be a little aggressive and also really difficult to tame/really skittish, just curious what your thoughts on them are
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01-21-2025, 06:53 PM
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#16
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Dec 2024
Location: Florida, USA
Posts: 30
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Re: Cleaning After Diarrhea
Thank you both so much!!! I’m SO relieved to hear it isn’t diarrhea
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01-22-2025, 02:23 AM
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#17
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Adult Hamster
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: UK
Posts: 266
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Re: Cleaning After Diarrhea
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Originally Posted by OG_Jam
i was just wondering your thoughts on robo's? ive owned all the other domestic hammys but ive somewhat avoided the robo because i heard they can be a little aggressive and also really difficult to tame/really skittish, just curious what your thoughts on them are 
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They're actually my favourite of the dwarfs, and I've found them to be less aggressive than the hybrids I've had. My current one is a little darling who was amazingly easy (in comparison) to tame, as he was completely food motivated and was taking treats from me from day one. Chopped mixed nuts are now something I will always use during taming. XD I will admit my others were a mixed bag.
One was just as friendly as my current one, one had a bit of cage aggression and would try to nibble my fingers off if I wasn't being careful, while others tolerated me but weren't aggressive at all. Most importantly, all were able to be handled without biting me (I just put my cupped hand over them and they'd freeze, which makes it easy to scoop them up), so I could give them health checkups (and kisses and cuddles), so I consider that a win. They just need a little more time than Syrians to get used to you.
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01-22-2025, 03:16 PM
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#18
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Dec 2023
Location: Cheshire, UK
Posts: 42
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Re: Cleaning After Diarrhea
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Originally Posted by Jeir
They're actually my favourite of the dwarfs, and I've found them to be less aggressive than the hybrids I've had. My current one is a little darling who was amazingly easy (in comparison) to tame, as he was completely food motivated and was taking treats from me from day one. Chopped mixed nuts are now something I will always use during taming. XD I will admit my others were a mixed bag.
One was just as friendly as my current one, one had a bit of cage aggression and would try to nibble my fingers off if I wasn't being careful, while others tolerated me but weren't aggressive at all. Most importantly, all were able to be handled without biting me (I just put my cupped hand over them and they'd freeze, which makes it easy to scoop them up), so I could give them health checkups (and kisses and cuddles), so I consider that a win. They just need a little more time than Syrians to get used to you.
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ive honestly found dwarfs (russian/hybrids) to be more friendly in general. like i know pet stores recommend syrians as "great starter hamsters" but i cant help but disagree (not only because no hamster should even be called a a "starter 😭" but because of past experiences with them ive had 3 syrians including my current one Bandit Boi and i just dont know how to get through to him like he will tolerate being petted inside his cage when he's nibbling toys or eating snacks and he will take food from my hand no problem, he sleeps in his wheel for a few hours each night too so i dont think the issue he has is with me, he's just never really shown signs of being scared of me but everything else scares him like he will just jump really high in the air and zoom across the cage panicked like somethings trying to get him. i dont even try to hold him because last time i did i could feel him instantly switch from being curious about what was happening to instantly being anxious and i could feel his feet vibrating so i only try to hold him in the playpen but even then he wants nothing to do with me and always just looks for a way out nibbling the bars on the playpen even my other syrian hammies didnt like being held or petted tho to be fair 1 was a rescue that had a rough start so i dont blame her but compared to my russian dwarf who would sit at the cage door whenever she knew i was there, waiting to hop into my hand and sit with me for hours in my hand or on my table eating her snacks "watching" youtube with me, it was great  just seems like dwarfs are easier to tame and i'd even say less of a risk of biting. ive had a couple bites from a syian that broke the skin and hurt like hell but whenever my family would try interact with my tamed dwarf hammy she would give them little nibbles but never broke the skin, idk if its because she didnt have the jaw strength to actually do damage or if she never actually wanted to hurt them 🤷*♂️ idk i just feel like you have more experience with hammies than me so i'd love to know your thoughts and any suggestions you might have to help me bond with bandit boi
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