How Come My Dwarf Hamster Keeps Drinking So Much Water?
Ever since I got my dwarf hamster, he’s been drinking a lot of water. He drinks more than he has to. Because he drinks a lot, there’s been so much urine in one area of the hamster cage (he pees in one spot all the time). Then I have to clean the cage more often. Can anybody help me?
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take him to a vet his kidneys and liver might not be working right and my dwarf hamsters **** in the same place to all you have to do is instead of cleaning out the cage clean out the spot and put a cloth under it so it will be easier to clean up
Does he excercise alot?
Hamsters can suffer from bladder or kidney infections. The most common symptoms are excessive urinating, blood in the urine and excessive drinking. Other symptoms may include squealing when urinating and listlessness.
A hamster with a bladder or kidney infection will require antibiotic treatment by a vet to cure the infection and will need to be kept warm. Access to sufficient water is also essential. It is also advisable to clean the cage more regularly, using a disinfectant designed for small animal cages to prevent the Aspergillis Fungus developing in the area of the cage the hamster uses for urinating.
Once treated hamsters usually recover from bladder and kidney infections within a few days. However, very rarely a hamster may have a severe kidney disorder or kidney failure and as well as the above symptoms may show severe wasting. Unfortunately such severe problems may not be curable.
Hamsters that are fed a poor quality diet or a diet high in fat content are more susceptible to developing bladder infections as this causes the urine to become more alkaline.
You’d better get him checked by the vet. His kidneys could have a major problem or he could have diabetes. If you don’t deal with this problem now, he won’t last long.