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Robin_ said:
Wet tail is caused by a bacteria naturally found on syrian hamsters that can take over when the immune system is suppressed, often by stress. It can kill within days—if you haven’t scheduled an appointment I would do so asap.

Also keep in mind it could just be diarrhea, especially if your hamster isn’t a syrian. This can be caused by a multitude of things, such as feeding too much wet food without weaning or infection. Again, another case to see a vet so you can get an antibiotic/probiotic.

Please keep us up to do date or post on a hamster-dedicated forum— Hamster Central is mainly for those in Europe and Hamster Hideout for the rest of the world but at least on HH we get plenty of members from Europe, too. :)
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I have posted about this multiple times on hamster hideout, but i havent gotten any replies. My hamster is alive still, I haven’t taken her to the vet yet. Can normal diarrhea in hamsters look like wet tail? Her bum is wet but nothing too gruesome. I don’t know how to tell what that means
 
I want to disinfect my pet stuff for the pigs and the ham, I don’t have any cleaner except for one meant for bird cages. Its the “Cages higienizant cleaner” my men for san. It says it contains Water, alcohol, ammonium, chloride and perfume. Do you guys think i can use this? What are the ingredients in your pet cleaner spray?
 
it depends what's in the mystery "perfume" I would just use vinegar and water or a very diluted mix of washing up liquid and water.
 
Vilde said:
I have posted about this multiple times on hamster hideout, but i havent gotten any replies. My hamster is alive still, I haven’t taken her to the vet yet. Can normal diarrhea in hamsters look like wet tail? Her bum is wet but nothing too gruesome. I don’t know how to tell what that means
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Sorry we haven’t seen it yet (i tend to stay away from ailments as it’s not my expertise) but please refrain from posting multiple times on there—it’s against forum rules.

They can look pretty similar but both must be seen by a vet anyhow so I would just go if possible. They’ll be able to know for sure how to treat it and what to give. :)
 
Update: Just checked your post on the forum—it appears you haven’t updated the post with this new wet bottom information as last time it was just slightly softer poos and a dash of wetness. With a change that’s only getting worse I would see a vet.
Also keep in mind diarrhea is like fully wet with no shape and wet poos tend to still dry up.
 
Robin_ said:
Update: Just checked your post on the forum—it appears you haven’t updated the post with this new wet bottom information as last time it was just slightly softer poos and a dash of wetness. With a change that’s only getting worse I would see a vet.
Also keep in mind diarrhea is like fully wet with no shape and wet poos tend to still dry up.
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Sorry about the posting multiple times thing, I didn’t know

i was completely sure she was going to die today, she had pretty bad diarrhea yesterday. When i went to check on her today, expecting to find her dead, she was alive with no diarrhea. She has even started eating again, which was the original problem. I think i may have just seen she had diarrhea and stressed myself out. I thought that if her butt was wet and smelly, it was wet tail. Now i know that’s not necessarily the case. It’s actually insane, i thought she was sick, dead, all that.. now she is better than she was before. I'm taking her to the vet tomorrow just to make sure nothing is wrong. I just thought i’d say that she’s fine now (i think)
 
I have another question for everyone,

both of my pigs have started coughing recently, and i’m worried. Kanel is wheezing, but he has been wheezing for months before i got him, and it hasn’t gotten any worse.

Then Rosin started coughing a few days ago, about two times, so i decided i’d wait a few days and see if it would continue. Now Kanel just coughed as well, and now i’m worried they both might be sick.

I haven’t noticed any other strange behavior, they are eating like normal, acting fine. No crustiness around their eyes or nose.

On a second thought, they have started drinking less. I’m gonna check if the water bottle is clogged.

I’m wondering whether guinea pigs can catch the corona virus, or maybe it’s a uti?

they only seem to cough when i give them their fennel though, but its only been a few times, so how do i know that’s what is causing it? Maybe i could try cutting it out.
 
They can’t catch coronavirus.

If it only happens when they are eating then if piggies eat too fast as they have narrow airways then it can cause them to cough.

If you are worried though, then speaking to the vet would be a good idea

if it happens a lot, even if they aren’t eating, particularly if other symptoms are present, then a vet check is needed
 
Piggies&buns said:
They can’t catch coronavirus.

If it only happens when they are eating then if piggies eat too fast as they have narrow airways then it can cause them to cough.

If you are worried though, then speaking to the vet would be a good idea

if it happens a lot, even if they aren’t eating, particularly if other symptoms are present, then a vet check is needed
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Thank you! This helped calm me down a lot. If they start coughing when they are not eating i’ll be going to the vet right away though
 
I noticed one of my guinea pigs has some green on his teeth. Us this something to worry about?
 
I just saw that both the boys have what looks like two black nipples on their stomach. They’re probably not nipples, they don’t look like normal guinea pig nipples. I was just wondering if its normal or not. It doesnt look bad.
 
I think their nipples can be different colours.
 
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