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Hamsters are delicate animals than they appear and are subject to various diseases caused by the surrounding environment as dust mites, these are external parasites that can cause skin problems of the pet, such as itching, redness, discharge from the ear, hair loss. It can also bring mycosis alopecia and excessive grooming.

Something as simple as a cold can cause pneumonia in a hamster, if not complicated pneumonia, lasted less than a week and symptoms such as fever, ear infections, sneezing, runny nose and abundant. This disease can have complications from bacterial infections, in a case like this should bring your pet to a veterinary practice.

These pets are especially vulnerable to tooth problems as they can suffer decay and overgrowth of the incisors. If they have this, you must remove the tooth because of decay power to bring problems cause loss of appetite and excessive salivation. It also can infect the pricey bags in which the animal stores food, can be compacted and infect. In this case we need to bring your pet to the vet to clean and sanitize the contents.

Hamsters are also very sensitive urinary system as most when they are older than a year, usually have a disease called amyloidosis, which can cause edema in the body and fluid retention in the abdomen. Diarrhea is also very serious in this animal. If you have this when you are less than two months old is likely to show symptoms such as poor appetite, dehydration, hunched posture, dry skin and you can see spots of excrement on the anal and abdomen. After presenting these clinical signs, the pet dies.

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