what are signs of wet tail?

Question

need to know i think my hamster has it

Answer 1

Hamsters generally get it most and it is usually caused by bad animal husbandry or animal in severe stress such as travelling, the cage being knocked over or adding a new hamster that is aggressive.
The hamster's back side will look wet and the hair around the tail will have shavings stuck to it with a green diarehea. Hamsters usually die because they don't drink, and it is an infection that is highly contagious. Other rodents can get it as well. I recently helped customers save 3 hamsters but this is what they did.. Recommend cutting hair away from rear area, then cleaned butt area with antibacterial soap/water daily and then thouroughly towel dried the hamster.Gave water through a dropper for several days. Put a pinhead dab of NEOSPORIN on the end of the dropper for 3 days and hamster licked with water. Since the hamster refused to eat the regular diet of hard food, we recommended a piece of apple.
We had 3 people save their hamsters since these recommendations. Please remember that I am not a vet but have raised hamsters of all types for over 13 years. Please do not use cedar shavings. Be sure to wash up with Germ-X immediately after hamdling a sick hamster. If the hamster dies, completely clean with bleach, everything in the cage and the cage. In order to avoid future wet tail, have the salesperson show you the backside of the hamster. There should be no shavings stuck to it. We give a 3 day health warranty for our animals but not all pet shops do this. Get the store policy is writing. We have only had wettail in our store once in 11 years and unfortunately it came this past fall in a shipment of hamsters from out of state. We generally only buy locally raised hamsters because they are tended to much better and friendlier but could not find any so we ordered from out of state. Petco and other petstores in our region that ordered from the same place had the same problem with the shipped in hamsters. Customers were coming in telling us how their hamsters were dying so we asked them to go to shops out of our shipping area and told them specifically what to look for when purchasing a hamster. Neosporin is also good for minor wounds on hamsters.

Answer 2

I had a hamster a few years back that got wet tail, and unfortunately died from it.

The first thing I noticed was that it looked like his little butt was all wet or something...and at one point, was actually covered in blood. He had diarrhea, and just looked sickly. He'd kind of just stayed huddled up in one spot, and wasn't as active.

I think some breeds are more susceptible to it. Mine was a teddy bear hamster. I did try giving him some medicine, but it happens so quickly, he died within a few days. If you're able to get him well.....or if you have others, just be sure to keep their stress levels low. My cat had actually knocked over my hamsters cage....and that caused the little guy to freak out!! A few days later, I noticed the wet tail.

Hopefully he'll get better!

Answer 3

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