Impaction of the pouch

At any stage this can easily happen and it is quite difficult to tell if the hamsters are just storing their food or not. If you notice the pouch has been impacted for a while try moving the pouch around to dislodge any food. remembering that the pouch is a very delicate area.
Vets methods include rinsing the pouch to dislodge the food, or operating and turning the pouch inside out to remove the food blocking this area. Any impaction can lead to loss of weight, and also the food lodged can cause infection else where in the body as it decays.

Diabetes

This condition is becoming very common amongst dwarfs and it`s symptoms include:- weight loss, excessive drinking and urinating. most diabetic hamsters tend to have a shortened lifespan.
If you have these symptoms in any hamster it could also be a kidney or urinary tract infection.

You can make a test yourself with human diabetic test strips, if the test is positive there is no medicine available as yet! there is insulin but that means daily injections with distress to the hamster and also the dosage would have to exact and I`ve never yet heard of a successful diabetic hamster kept by insulin. What has proved successful for me is a well controlled diet taking away the sugar based elements, sifting through the hamster mix, feeding a vegetable diet including broccoli, cauliflower etc. also, an electrolyte solution to take away the thirst and to give energy. In the US they use the product PEDIALYTE, in the UK we use electrolyte solution obtainable from the vet.

Teeth

The teeth of any hamster should be kept to a minimum length, any overgrowing teeth must be constantly clipped down. If the teeth are allowed to become ingrowing they could become imbedded in the gum and also cause infection.

Diarrhoea

One of the most common remarks people have made is that there hamster has wet - tail, but dwarfs do NOT suffer from wet-tail and can get a severe form of diarrhoea. This can be caused by feeding too many vegetables to your hamster, or distress may also cause it.

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