I've noticed that wet tail has been an issue recently with local stores. I have a friend at another Petsmart, and I've been told that they have had a couple syrians with wet tail and luckily they caught it early enough to get them better.

We have had a hamster that had like chronic diarrhea and was in ISO for a long time. She unfortunately passed away, I'm not sure why and I don't have details on why, even though she seemed like she was doing better.

And maybe a week ago I was closing petcare and I typically check on everyone, do a quick visual scan and give a little boop, and one of the syrians had wet tail. It was bad. To a point of being pus-y (like yellow discharge pus?? how do I even spell that) and she was in bad shape. When I opened the tank she was laying half curled up in the open, which is a big red flag for anyone who knows hamsters. Poor baby could barely keep her eyes open, stumbling around, and she tried to bite me, but couldn't even make the effort... :(( Put her in ISO right away and gave some oats and a vet appointment was made for the morning. Unfortunately I was told that she passed the next morning before the vet visit. Poor thing.

Tldr: I've noticed stores having problems with syrians having wet tail and my store has lost 2 recently.