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Old 18-02-2008, 09:01 PM
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Unhappy minging hamster

i have noticed my hamster was dying when i got home sunday night yesterday! but it wasent till like 5 minits ago that i realised he has loads and loads and loads of tiney tiney white bugs all over his testicle area and his tail and his mouth! i hate to see him suffer and its too late to go to the vet as it is 9 oclock at night andthey are closed i dont want to see him suffer and want him to survive! the cage is mingingly dirty as i cant clean him out because i fear this will kill him quicker! help
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Old 18-02-2008, 09:22 PM
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Re: minging hamster

Sounds like Lice or mite's, not usually common in hamsters as they are such clean little animals. He will need treatment..best check with the vet what you can use as there may be something specific for rodents...proberbly living in a Quote - 'mingingly dirty' cage has something to do with it!

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Old 18-02-2008, 09:55 PM
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Re: minging hamster

There will be an emergency vets open-if your hamster is seriously ill then call them tonight! Clean cages generally help too in order to keep them healthy... In the meantime take him out of his cage and comb him through to at least give him some relief tonight as 'minging' as that may be.
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Old 18-02-2008, 10:02 PM
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Re: minging hamster

How can cleaning out the QUOTE minging cage kill him quicker? Im sorry but id like to see him in comfort and clean than leave him in a minging cage riddled with mites.Sort it out.mad:
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Old 19-02-2008, 12:01 AM
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Re: minging hamster

No cage should get into a mingingly filthy condition to start with. I have never seen a hamster with flystrike/mites. the only way it can get like that is if you are not taking good care of it. Sorry if the truth hurts, just get him sorted. You should be looking at him and handling him daily and he should never end up with any bugs on him,you cannot be cleaning him out enough
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Re: minging hamster

What bedding are you keeping him on? Sometimes mites live in the bedding but as others have said if the cage is filthy then looks like thats why hes so bad...you noticed he was dieing last night but didnt do anything about it - but now at night you have taken a closer look to see what could be mites - when can you get him to a vet? Oh yes and clean his cage out - this wont kill him but staying in a dirty cage will!
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Old 19-02-2008, 08:39 AM
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Re: minging hamster

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr thats awful poor little bugger clean him out!
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Old 19-02-2008, 09:03 AM
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Re: minging hamster

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i have noticed my hamster was dying when i got home sunday night yesterday! but it wasent till like 5 minits ago that i realised he has loads and loads and loads of tiney tiney white bugs all over his testicle area and his tail and his mouth! i hate to see him suffer and its too late to go to the vet as it is 9 oclock at night andthey are closed i dont want to see him suffer and want him to survive! the cage is mingingly dirty as i cant clean him out because i fear this will kill him quicker! help


If you wanted him to survive you would have taken him to a vet when they were open!
Why is the cage mingingly dirty?? How often did you clean him out??
Poor animal! Do you have others?
Theres something very wrong here.
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Re: minging hamster

do you think this post is a wind up?..............I hope so.........if not clean the poor thing out and get it to the vets
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Old 19-02-2008, 01:44 PM
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do you think this post is a wind up?..............I hope so.........if not clean the poor thing out and get it to the vets


Think you might be right vix. Hope so anyway!
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