Bacchus Residents

Rowan was taken in due to being the last rat within his mischief, but their owner wasn't taking on any more rats. Instead of forcing him to live a life in solitude and depriving him of one of his basic needs, they decided to rehome him.  Rowan was a stunning 18-month-old Marten RED neutered buck, and had a history of inner-ear infections - they'd been resolved with antibiotics. Bonding to Travis and Trevor: As Rowan was neutered, we were fairly confident he would've been easy to bond to Travis and Trevor - two intact males. We were right! Rowan made two beautiful friends who loved him a lot. Introducing Alfie and Arthur: Alfie and Arthur were more difficult to bond for hormonal reasons but tolerated Rowan well as he was castrated. Eventually, we were able to bond them to the mischief too. 'Inner-ear infection' and TIA: Rowan had developed a mild head-tilt. Given his previous medical history, the vet believed it was plausible Rowan ...

Hello again, readers, As you've probably guessed from the title, today we will be discussing Radagast, who was recently diagnosed with Cushings Disease.  Cushings Disease isn't unheard of in hamsters - we had actually already come across it before with another previous resident Syrian hamster - Cedrick.  The treatment of Cushings can be considered as quite controversial (different professionals have different opinions), and typically the treatment option depends on the individual hamster. We took it upon ourselves to converse with our incredible and knowledgeable vet about the disease - including; what the disease is, and why treatment is so limited. Finally, we will then close this post by talking about Radagast - how he is doing since his diagnosis, and common misdiagnosis'. We'd like to point out; We will be discussing this disease in basic and easy to understand terms. We are not vets, and although we have conversed with a veterinarian about the topic, thi...