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Hamster may have eaten old scrambled eggs / she's weak and something wrong with her eye
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Fingers crossed that your hamster will respond to the antibiotics and eye drops.
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Did he mean keep giving the oral antibiotics as well as the eye drops? She is young and I am sure things will get sorted. An infection can knock them flat very quickly, and they can recover quickly as well.
Did you check the dose of antibiotic (ie if it's 0.01ml twice a day then it should be 0.2ml once a day). If that doesn't show improvement in 2 or 3 days I wouldn't hesitate to ask the vet if it's worth trying a different antibiotic.
If it's a tooth abscess I believe the only way to fully get rid of it is to have the culprit tooth extracted. Antibiotics will get rid of it but it will keep coming back it it's trapped. I am not 100% about this but this is why humans have root canal drainage or extraction.
It might not be a tooth abscess - it might be an eye or pouch infection. But tooth abscess is a possibility after the recent tooth problems. All they need to do to check for a tooth abscess is an x ray.
It's a worrying time for you, and it can get expensive too. Some vets will do a bit of a deal if it's getting expensive, or agree a monthly payment plan with you.
Did you check the dose of antibiotic (ie if it's 0.01ml twice a day then it should be 0.2ml once a day). If that doesn't show improvement in 2 or 3 days I wouldn't hesitate to ask the vet if it's worth trying a different antibiotic.
If it's a tooth abscess I believe the only way to fully get rid of it is to have the culprit tooth extracted. Antibiotics will get rid of it but it will keep coming back it it's trapped. I am not 100% about this but this is why humans have root canal drainage or extraction.
It might not be a tooth abscess - it might be an eye or pouch infection. But tooth abscess is a possibility after the recent tooth problems. All they need to do to check for a tooth abscess is an x ray.
It's a worrying time for you, and it can get expensive too. Some vets will do a bit of a deal if it's getting expensive, or agree a monthly payment plan with you.
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Tosan
Vet couldn't say exactly is wrong with her, but she has some sort of infection. This poor baby can't catch a break
After getting over the tooth issue, now she has some sort of infection causing her eyes to crust up (much worse than when I initially posted this), and to top it off, her bottom incisors are loose, which leads the vet to believe they're broken deep down and will have to regrow before they're sturdy again.
Poor little angel, she's not feeling well at all, she looks very weak and has lost a lot of weight, she's still drinking and eating slightly but not that much. I give her baby food and scrambled eggs since she probably cannot chew anything hard for a while. I should probably get some of that liquid diet stuff from the pet store so it's not just egg/babyfood.
She looks incredibly weak and frail, lost a lot of weight in the last 2 days. Went from 1.45 grams to 1.2 the vet said.
I have to give her eye drops 3x per day and antibiotics 2x per day. I feel horrible waking her up and grabbing her out of her nest when she's so exhausted but I know I have to.
Please pray for my little angel.
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Yeah oral antibiotics + eye drops. The dose of the antibiotic is 0.1 every 12 hours. Is giving 0.2 once per day just as good?
It was an abscess in the cheek caused from the tooth penetrating the inside of her mouth (grew curved). That tooth was trimmed/removed and the abscess went away quickly (you could see the abscess bulging on the outside of her mouth). At least the outside portion isn't visible anymore, not sure what's going on on the inside of her mouth, Vet puts her to sleep with gas so I assume he would have mentioned if there was anything else going on from that tooth issue.
It is getting a bit expensive but I'd sell a kidney to save my hammies if I had to, they mean the world to me.
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I really am sorry to hear how poorly she is. She is getting the best care and you are doing a wonderful job of looking after her.
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I fear the worst for her at this point. She's gotten so skinny and frail from lack of eating She will take tiny bits of babyfood only, won't eat scrambled egg (I assume because her bottom teeth are messed up and it probably hurts to chew even soft food). She takes so little babyfood though, she's losing weight rapidly.
She has so little strength left, but she uses all her strength to fight me when I try to hold her and put a syringe with babyfood inside her mouth, she'll take a few licks then fight to break free. I can't apply the eye drops at all because I cannot keep her still. I managed to give her 2 doses of Antibiotics successfully, that's about the only success. I don't know if 24 hours worth of proper dosage antibiotics will make her feel better soon enough to eat.....I'm so worried. If she doesn't eat something significant soon she's going to waste away. My heart aches from seeing her like this, I don't want to lose her, she's too young :'(
She will take tiny bits of babyfood only, won't eat scrambled egg (I assume because her bottom teeth are messed up and it probably hurts to chew even soft food). She takes so little babyfood though, she's losing weight rapidly. She has so little strength left, but she uses all her strength to fight me when I try to hold her and put a syringe with babyfood inside her mouth, she'll take a few licks then fight to break free. I can't apply the eye drops at all because I cannot keep her still. I managed to give her 2 doses of Antibiotics successfully, that's about the only success. I don't know if 24 hours worth of proper dosage antibiotics will make her feel better soon enough to eat.....I'm so worried. If she doesn't eat something significant soon she's going to waste away. My heart aches from seeing her like this, I don't want to lose her, she's too young :'(
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Will she take the antibiotics in baby food without the syringe? If she did it might be less stressful for her. Another thing you can try is mixing it with a little bit of malt paste which masks the taste quite well or some people have success with wet dog or cat food.
Try her with a little bit of porridge too, they usually love that & it should be easy enough for her to eat & help get some weight back on.
I know with my hams that have had tooth problems it does take them a while to be able to eat properly again but they can do quite well with various soft foods.
My elderly ham pretty much lives on baby food, baby cereal, tofu & cat food & does well on it.
If she does start to eat a little more try adding some probiotics at least a few hours apart from the antibiotics as that would give her a real boost.
Hope she starts to get better soon.
Try her with a little bit of porridge too, they usually love that & it should be easy enough for her to eat & help get some weight back on.
I know with my hams that have had tooth problems it does take them a while to be able to eat properly again but they can do quite well with various soft foods.
My elderly ham pretty much lives on baby food, baby cereal, tofu & cat food & does well on it.
If she does start to eat a little more try adding some probiotics at least a few hours apart from the antibiotics as that would give her a real boost.
Hope she starts to get better soon.
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I am really sorry to hear this. They can go downhill very quickly. So you need to get some nutrition into her and keep it as stressfree as possible as stress makes it harder to fight infection.
Will she not lick the babyfood from a teaspoon? That is how I used to give it - with the meds dropped on top of the babyfood on the teaspoon - maybe only about half a level teaspoon of baby food - meds dropped onto the food part, and a tiny drop more babyfood on top of the meds.
But babyfood doesn't contain a lot of calories or nutrition so she needs supplementing with high calorie nutrients.
You can buy ground nuts and ground linseeds and shelled hemp seeds. These together give high calories and contain all vitamins and minerals needed. Linwoods sell them at health food shops. These are finely milled and can just be licked up from a separate little dish. I used to use a baby food lid as a dish with a pinch of all three on separate areas of the dish. Sometimes they will eat a bit of all three, sometimes just one and not the others.
Is she able to actually get up and lick things from a dish or teaspoon if they're near her house?
Will she not lick the babyfood from a teaspoon? That is how I used to give it - with the meds dropped on top of the babyfood on the teaspoon - maybe only about half a level teaspoon of baby food - meds dropped onto the food part, and a tiny drop more babyfood on top of the meds.
But babyfood doesn't contain a lot of calories or nutrition so she needs supplementing with high calorie nutrients.
You can buy ground nuts and ground linseeds and shelled hemp seeds. These together give high calories and contain all vitamins and minerals needed. Linwoods sell them at health food shops. These are finely milled and can just be licked up from a separate little dish. I used to use a baby food lid as a dish with a pinch of all three on separate areas of the dish. Sometimes they will eat a bit of all three, sometimes just one and not the others.
Is she able to actually get up and lick things from a dish or teaspoon if they're near her house?
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These are the things I mentioned
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Also get some science selective pellets. Two or three of these on another baby food lid soaked in a tiny bit of boiled water. It is literally just a drop or two needed. Leave it 10 minutes or so until they go mushy. This is a complete food and they all seem to like the smell and taste.
If it's too painful to chew she needs things she can lick up easily or eat without pressure chewing - ie softened foods.
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Also get some science selective pellets. Two or three of these on another baby food lid soaked in a tiny bit of boiled water. It is literally just a drop or two needed. Leave it 10 minutes or so until they go mushy. This is a complete food and they all seem to like the smell and taste.
If it's too painful to chew she needs things she can lick up easily or eat without pressure chewing - ie softened foods.
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I've also seen this. It's not something I've used before but could be a good idea. They love anything meaty or chicken. And it's easy to eat plus adds liquid to the diet. It's a bit expensive as only lasts 5 days once opened apparently, and you'll only need to heat a little bit each day for her.
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I remember looking up calorific value of nuts! Pecan nuts are the highest calorie - a very high calorie food and healthy fats. So might be easier to just get some of those and grind them betweeen two spoons (if you don't have a pestle and mortar, which sounds ideal). They're fairly soft nuts to crush generally.
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I haven't tried pine nuts I think all nuts are high calorie and with healthy fats. I was just aware that Pecans had the highest calories and brazil nuts second highest (I think). Ours have always like pecan nuts (but that's Syrians).
I think all nuts are high calorie and with healthy fats. I was just aware that Pecans had the highest calories and brazil nuts second highest (I think). Ours have always like pecan nuts (but that's Syrians).
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She actually has been rejecting all the babyfood and any other food I give her, ironically the antibiotics was the only thing she took (which she normally hates).
She's so weak right now, like a phone battery at 2%. The good news is, I called tons of pet stores and vets in the area and finally found CriticalCare (they only had herbivore, I hope that's sufficient) and she was consuming it! This is the first time she hasn't rejected food in the last 24 hours. She's so incredibly drained, she was basically falling asleep in my hand in between slurps of the food. She ate a decent bit of it, hopefully it's enough to help her regain some strength. She has hardly touched water either, so this will provide some hydration and nutrients.
Pray for my gal, I need her to make a full recovery or I will be so heartbroken....this was the first positive sign so far, so I am more hopeful now, she looked like she gave up before this moment.
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Previous days she did this, but the last 24 hours she's rejected it all.
I would put a teaspoon with babyfood and she would lick it up but lately she's just been refusing any and all food, including scrambled egg which is her favorite. She tried to chew some scrambled egg for a moment yesterday but gave up, I think it hurts to chew with her infected mouth and broken teeth
Poor baby
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It is so positive she is eating the critical care. That will really help her regain her strength. We are all thinking of you.
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Did the vet prescribe pain relief?