my hamsters urine is a bright yellow colour ??? is this normal?

Question

please help!!

ok i have found out he is dehydrated how can i get him to drink

Answer 1

It means that he is dehydrated.

Answer 2

As I put on your other question about dehydration (always better to have good information twice than not see it once...better safe than sorry)
I know my husband and I have had issues before with this (not drinking much)... we thought they were going into hibernation (our hamsters) because being in the basement it's cold... so we did research (we've done extensive research on both hamsters and mice) and found this: "you can add one teaspoon of sugar to one cup of water. The sugar will add a boost of energy and the flavor will be more tempting." This is actually something they recommend doing to help your hamster come out of hibernation once you have it awake again... but we did it to see if it would promote more drinking.... it did. We used warm water and dissolved the sugar then put it in the fridge for a few minutes to get rid of the heat before pouring it into the water bottle.
You could also try just getting a new bottle, as somebody else already suggested. It could make a difference as well.

Something else to help get water/moisture into your hamster is fresh fruits and veggies. A little apple, grape, carrot and/or either lettuce or broccoli and they'll love you. What books will tell you though is to remove any fresh foods that they don't eat within 24 hours.... now if your hamster is like our: you won't see any food left because it will be pulled into the house. What we started doing was we set a time and if there was anything left of the apple/grape/juicy food we'd pull it out but if it's something like carrot we'd leave it in because all that happens is it will dry out over time, but won't mess up the cage.

This stuff should help you. My husband and I have a website and we have section that is dedicated to our pets. Wander over to it and have a look: http://4einc.info Click on "our pets". We're changing the look of it so it will have other info as well as pictures of our animals and info about them.