Help, my hamster is loosing his fur!

[jhsnake999]

Thanks Alex, i'm taking him up the vets tommorow, i will see what they will give me...

[Twiglet]

Thanks, I thought that but theres no marks or any scrapes on his skin, but theres spots?

as has been mentioned, mites is the most likely cause. as well as treating them ham its a good dea to try and work out where they came from in the first place. bad hay, other animals and even dodgy wood shavings can bring in mites.

the other thing that it could be is skin cancer. hamsters with skin cancer normally present with small plack spots or dots on their stomachs and often around or just behind the ears.

hamsters can even get cushings disease (its rare) which results in rapid hairloss.

best of luck at the vets, fingers crossed for mites!!

Kat

[MustLoveSnails]

my hamsters been loosing her fur to, its genetic with her and theres nothing they can do, but chances are with yours its mites. Hamsters are very prone to stuff like that. Also don't panic if you see black dots or patches on the hamsters sides, ask the vet about it but it may just be the scent glands.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by jhsnake999

Thanks Alex, i'm taking him up the vets tommorow, i will see what they will give me...

What did it turn out to be? was it Mites? Did they prescribe Hibiscrub?

[jhsnake999]

Its a skin infection, they put some kind of gel on his back and then said he has to take anti-biotics. I have to pick them up on monday...

[jhsnake999]

[LiamRatSnake]

Originally Posted by jhsnake999

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Aww bless him lol I'm guessing he's a boy. They are massive lol

[jhsnake999]

Originally Posted by LiamRatSnake

Aww bless him lol I'm guessing he's a boy. They are massive lol

Yeah he is big, and your right too he is a boy...

[19amity97]

I would take him to the vets...if I was you
Hope this helps

[saxon]

HI,

has your oby recovered and grown his hair back yet?

I know it's an old thread but I thought I'd mention that as syrians get older they can be prone to skin cancers and vets rarely pick up in it until it's too late.

We lost Tarzan at 31 months to skin cancer. We could have had him treated but he was an 'old man' so we thought it kinder to let him go.