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hamster has bald patch

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Hi my syrian hamster Dangerous Brian has a bald patch on his back about the size of pea but more square than round the skin is not inflamed or anything he is 1 year old any ideas what might have caused it?
 
I'd suspect mites too. You can buy ivermectin spot on treatment, and you use it three times, every two weeks (a vet told me this, and I found that doing it weekly three times, as I've done with other animals, didn't work with hamsters).

I'd rule out mites before anything else, as it's so common. I expect a vet would want to do the same, but you could take them for a diagnosis to be sure.

The ivermectin I use is: http://www.vetuk.co.uk/rabbit-suppl...-50-mini-9-pipettes-ivermectin-spot-on-p-1501 You have to weigh the hamster and sort out the dosage from the data sheet that comes with it. I normally do it by emptying the contents of the pipette into an egg cup, measuring it in a syringe, and then working out the dosage from there.
 
I would say mites too. You should get a vet to confirm this before treatment. Ivomectin is the common treatment as already stated. They may inject it rather than use spot on externally.
 
hi guys, no its deffernantly not his scent glands its in the middle of his back almost looks like he has pulled it out the skin is clean and dry ...
 
Check there is nothing on his wheel or hidey holes that could be catching the fur and give a spot on Ivermectin. Also, if you happen to give peanuts to the hammy, stop doing this. I've known peanuts cause hairloss/baldness in hammies and ratties.
 
is he long haired? have ypu changed anything in his cage? i had a hamster that was losing furr and it turned out that 1) i had oiled his wheel and the stuff was leaking on him when he went onit causing irritation and 2) sometimes long haired hamsters can get the furr caught in the spindle in the centre of the wheel causing the furr to be taken out. check the soindle bit for furr residue. i found some had attched it self- i eneded up getting a new wheel without spindle or at least a very small one and it really started to help, unfortunailty he died a week later due to an unrleted cause:(
 
he is short haired but he does have a few monkey nuts a week so i will stop this and see if that makes a difference i didn't realise this thank you i will also get the iver mectin just in case ..many thanks every one :D

and in fact the bald patch is in the spot where the spindle of the wheel would be so it could be rubbing ....good point :thumb:
 
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