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How do you care for a mother rabbit?
Caring for a pregnant or nursing rabbit needs more energy and nutrition: high-fiber, protein, vitamin, and mineral feed, plus a quiet, clean, well-ventilated cage.
Dwarf hamster (Guoguai), unsure of sex/age, dirty rear, gave smectite two days with no improvement, worried about wet tail
A dirty rear does not necessarily mean wet tail, which is a bacterial, parasitic, or fungal gut disease with persistent diarrhea and a wet tail. Check the feces first.
How do I care for a hamster well?
Good hamster care needs a roomy, clean cage with essentials, quality food plus fresh produce, weekly cleaning, and health monitoring.
My rabbit’s chin went bald while eating; energy is fine – could it be a fungal infection?
A bald chin can be seasonal shedding, cage-chewing, or skin disease. Stop cage-chewing and enrich the environment; fungus or mites need diagnosis and targeted treatment.
My hamster looks weak and has crusty stuff around one eye – what should I do?
Dirty fur around the anus suggests diarrhea; give small-pet antidiarrheal and anti-inflammatory medicine. Clean eye discharge with saline and apply erythromycin ointment.
How can I make a guinea pig like me?
Guinea pigs are slow to warm up, so be patient: quiet roomy cage, regular feeding, toys. They are timid, so no sudden moves or shouting. Once settled, hand-feed and gently touch its back/head to build trust.
How is it to keep a guinea pig?
Guinea pigs are gentle, friendly, easy to keep, small (fit apartments), and live 5-7+ years for deep bonding. But they have some odor and are active at night, so keep them in a dry aired cage and clean daily.
My parrot’s head is bald with blood, some feather shafts pulled out showing a round hole—normal? How to treat?
The head feathers were likely pulled out forcefully; check for injury from people or other animals. Over-preening or cage-mates plucking can cause baldness. If the parrot plucked itself, check the skin for parasites or itching.
How can I get my hamster to stop pooping everywhere?
To litter-train: get a low-entry toilet in a cage corner away from the nest; keep some soiled bedding with urine in it so the hamster locates it by smell; reward using the toilet; repeat with patience.
Yesterday afternoon it was bitten on the left shoulder by another hamster — two blood points formed small pits, bled at first, I sprayed povidone-iodine to stop bleeding, and this morning sprayed saline and it’s now a black scab; it often makes puffing sounds and at 11 it had yellow watery stool, so I gave some isatis root
If a hamster is bitten by another, isolate it and treat the wound with saline and a pet wound spray or ointment — shave fur around first to reduce infection and ease medication, then rinse with saline and apply anti-inflammatory spray or ointment. Puffing and yellow stool may be from fright; keep the cage clean with enough bedding and toys for security.