What should you do if your hamster keeps sneezing?

Answer

Ask your vet or figure out why yourself!

Does it have something stuck in it's nose? See if there is a piece of grass or a splinter or something protruding from its nose. Pluck it out.

What are you using for it's bedding? If it is too powdery and dry, it may be tickling your hamster's nose. If it is pine shavings,it may be reacting to the pine resins. It might just be allergic to the bedding. As a last resort, hamsters can be happy with pea gravel on the floor of their cage. It has the added benefit that it can be washed, dried, and re-used (must be dry when placed in cage).

What are you feeding it? It might be alergic to something you are feeding it. Drop back to basic hamster feed pellets and wait a couple of weeks. If the sneezing goes away. Then include one of the special treats you have been providing like a bit of raw carrot and see what happens over the course of a few weeks. If nothing happens, then add another, and wait a couple of weeks.

Is your hamster a little male being kept near a big male? If so, your little guy may be under severe stress because it cannot get away from the big guy. Repeated sneezing may be the only way the hamster has to show you it is in trouble. A little hamster male kept too near to a large hamster male will die of stress! Separate the cages and see what happens.

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