my hamster was living fine with a mouse for a week. i woke up to find the mouse gone, with blood everywhere in the cage. the hamster was huddled in the corner shaking. then it would stop for a while. then start swaying and rocking side to side like it was possessed. it doesnt move nor eat. what's wrong with him?
2006-11-27 04:12:54 · 9 answers · asked by hy_re 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Hamsters are solitary animals, so yours most likely became territorial and as a result killed the mouse. Your hamster is probably in shock from the scuffle with the mouse, and he could be injured as well. Try to check and see if the hamster has been hurt--the mouse could have bitten the hamster. If he seems okay, just watch him very closely to make sure he starts eating and drinking.
This is something you'll probably have to play by ear... Unless the hamster has a gaping wound and needs stitches, I wouldn't bother taking it to the vet. Hamsters are so little that there would be very little a vet could do to help. Just giving it some TLC is about the best you can do. If the hamster isn't injured or bitten, it might be okay after it calms down. However, it could be that the hamster's been too badly hurt or too stressed, and it might die.
In the future, keep your pets separated. Separate species should live in separate cages.
2006-11-28 02:25:45 · answer #1 · answered by gryffin218 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh expensive - im sorry to equipment this, I easily have a hamster too. Mines high quality and not something like this occurred to him. it may be that he became into too chilly, If he's a syrian hamster (like mine) Which initially come from the wilderness they are going for use to a warm climate yet chilly nights, did you provide him adequate bedding? I provide my hamster 2 large hand fulls of the gentle, cotton wool like, bedding. I additionally unfold incredibly some timber shavings on the floor of his cage, probable approximately 3 Cm's thick of the stuff, i additionally replaced his water bottle regularly occurring for clean water, they do no longer drink lots as they're wilderness animals. I additionally gave him some million - 2 teaspoons of hamster muesli. I sometimes provide him some peanuts (non-salted) and that i clean his cage out as quickly as each and every week. And he's fairly high quality. so which you have have been given feed him too little/too lots. no longer given him any water. additionally in case you have cats or dogs that could have crossed Cinnamon, they are in a position to get very spooked by this, as what occurred while my cat have been given interior the room the place my hamster is, fortuitously, he became into high quality. you probable could have taken him too the vets, yet whats completed is finished. something might have been incorrect with him even until now you receive him, I even have been given my hamster from pets at domicile. There are countless different clarification why he might have died. according to hazard you have been'nt arranged, did you examine any 'how too look after hamsters' books? Or reaserched it on the cyber web? Im sorry too pay attention he died, yet with a bit of luck this helped in some way.
2016-12-10 17:02:54 · answer #2 · answered by gagliano 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamsters are solitary creatures and they are VERY territorial. Which is why you aren't supposed to keep two hamsters in the same cage (unless they are dwarf hamsters). Especially a hamster and another species..even different hamster species. They probably fought and who knows what happened to the mouse. Maybe it escaped or maybe the hamster ate it. Never never never ever put a hamster in a cage with anything else again.
2006-11-27 06:02:49 · answer #3 · answered by Caitlin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is why you shouldn't keep small rodents together. Hamsters are to be kept one to a cage, due to the risk of fighting. Many people recommend not housing different types of hamsters together, more or less housing a hamster with a mouse!
2006-11-27 04:17:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most rodents are prone to want control over all rodents living with them. Your hamster probably wanted control over your mouse, and when the mouse didn't agree you see what happened...
2006-11-27 11:18:52 · answer #5 · answered by al5645al 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may know this but some sorts of hamsters are VERY TERRITORIAL!!! and you can only put the same type of hamster with a hamster!! they did not get along!! & take your poor hamster to the vet, & try & comfort him while hes in this state!!!
2006-11-27 05:08:59 · answer #6 · answered by littlemisssunshine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have cats? maybe something ate the mouse and the hamster is scared
2006-11-27 04:22:09 · answer #7 · answered by Pinky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it might have been a shock to your hamster....
lolz... maybe they fought during the night and the hamster had
use its claws to kill him and eat him up?
you find the mouse body?
*better faster bring your hamster to a vet...(pet docter)
good luck...^_^
2006-11-27 04:17:03 · answer #8 · answered by Vengence 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh noooooo poor lil hammie POOR mouse! sounds scary.
2006-11-28 14:42:21 · answer #9 · answered by Cr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋