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| Question about Pets:Why is my hamster sad |
Its nice of you to be so concerned about your pet, and I will do my best to answer every question you have.
Try moving your hamster to a cooler area of the house. Often, lower levels of a house will be several degrees cooler than higher floors. If theres any air conditioned rooms, move your hamster there, and possibly start a fan to cool him off.
Take your hamster to the vet if you can afford it. If you can't, its okay. I still have some suggestions that will help your hammie feel better.
Try feeding your hamster a pinch of nutritional yeast or half a yeast pill per week. Yeast activly reduces stress in hamsters, which is the primary cause of many hamster diseases. Do not give bakers yeast because it has a bitter taste. Nutritional yeast can be found in health food stores, and plain yeast pills can be found in the cat or dog section of a pet shop.
Also, make sure that your hamster has a fresh supply of food, and especially water. If your hamster drinks from a bottle, it may possibly be plugged. Check this, and then try feeding your hamster water through a syringe without a needle or a juicebox straw.
You mentioned that hes not eating that well. Try changing food brands to a more expensive brand, and give him treats once and a while such as occasional small peices of hard boiled egg.
Chew toys can help to keep your hamster busy. Give your hamster things to chew such as toilet paper rolls, popsicle sticks, or maple twigs.
Play with your hamster more often and let him crawl on you for excersise and fun. In additon to a wheel, try buying him a hamster/gerbil ball for running around in your house in. Encourage him to use this by nudging it gently while he is inside.
I really hope this helped you and your hamster. Good Luck!
Email me at katrina_649@yahoo.ca if you have any additional questions or concerns, and I will do my best to help.
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