Sunday, June 20, 2010

My grey Syrian hamster has a sory of bald patch but white hair is coming out of it. Is this bad?

This is probably due to an injury he received when he was still housed with other hamsters. There was a scab that when it fell off would have taken the existing fur with it and leaving a bald spot. Sometimes when an animal receives an injury, the hairs that grow in are not the normal color but white. I know this happens often in horses.



There may be a skin disorder as well. It may just be an anomaly or it may be mange. With mange however, you would expect to see it in more areas on the hamster than in one spot. If you suspect it may be mange, then you will need to take him to a vet for medication. If it is just an anomaly, then there's nothing that your vet can do.



The answer above describing the longer lighter hairs on a black hamster is very typical of a longhaired black female. Longhaired hamsters don't have the same color intensity they do on their shorter hairs. Longhaired females never get the nice long coat that male longhaireds do. Some only get tufts off their rears. Some get extra tufts behind their ears. Longhaired hamster "moult" into their longer adult coats from 5-8 months of age, again correlating with what the other answerer witnessed.



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My grey Syrian hamster has a sory of bald patch but white hair is coming out of it. Is this bad?

take him to the vet!!! it seems like that would be obvious, yes it's bad!! hamsters don't just go bald!!



My grey Syrian hamster has a sory of bald patch but white hair is coming out of it. Is this bad?

When I was younger, I had a black hamster. After about a month or two, she went balding on her hind end, but soon after she had huge tufts of white fur, but that was the only spot. She lived very happily and healthily afterwards, however. ( And was affectionately named hence forth, as "Fuzzbutt")I'd suggest if balding persists, see a vet about it.

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