JustAnswer
>
Pet
Ask A Question
|
Register
|
Login
|
Help
Pet
Ask a Pet Question, Get an Answer ASAP!
Have your own Pet question?
10 Vets and Pet Experts are Online Now
characters left:
Not a Pet Question?
Related Pet Topics:
Back
,
Food
,
Long
,
Check
,
Dwarf
,
Small
,
Store
,
Eating
,
Normal
,
Remove
Question
My daughters dwarf hamster rolled down the stairs in her ball when we took her out to check if she was ok she spat out her food. Later today my daughter said she rolled on her back and spat out somemore food. And this evening she rolled on her back again. In every other way she is fine and still active. Do dwarf hamsters spit out their food sometimes and do they roll on their backs?
Submitted: 74 days and 11 hours ago.
Category: Pet
Value: $11
Status: CLOSED
+
Read More
Optional Information
Pet's Sex: Female
Pet's Age: <1
Type of Animal: dwarf hamster
Accepted Answer
XXXXXXXXXXX,
As you may know, hamsters store food in their cheek pouches. I suspect a small amount of that food was dislodged when she rolled down the stairs, so she was spitting it out to remove it from her airway. Normal hamsters are known to do this, as well as roll on their backs. As long as she is eating/drinking/moving normally, I expect she is just fine after her adventure. I highly recommend blocking off stairwells whenever the hamster is out playing.
Dr. Karen
Expert:
Karen Purcell DVM
Pos. Feedback:
100.0 %
Accepts:
Answered:
9/9/2009
Veterinarian
1992 graduate of Cornell University Veterinary School, small mammal interest
+
Read More
Related Pet Questions
might have ate rubber now cant keep food down and does not p
i have 3 babie gunie pigs and one is scik what can i ...
HOW MUCH IS IT TO GET A FEMALE S FRONT PAWS DECLAWED
my 7 month catahoula has weepy,red,swollen eyes
Our new Great Dane is biting the mirrors on our cars ...
Hermit crab help!!!
the frog feel pain when death
our 3 year old pomerian is panting-it has drunk water,eaten ...