Hi everyone
Yes my daughter bought a syrian hamster for my grandson called Daisy. She will be 2 years old around October this year as she was bought at Xmas time 2022. My daughter has 2 kids and is very busy so I offered to do a thread about Daisy for her as I found this forum on Google when searching for advice.
My daughter (Natalie) bought Daisy a fluffy hammock and tunnel 2 weeks ago not realising this could be a hazard. On Friday Daisy chewed through the tunnel and somehow got her foot caught in it. My 3 year old granddaughter heard Daisy screaming and told Natalie who found Daisy with her foot all twisted around the fabric. Natalie eventually cut her out of the hammock but her leg was all swollen and purple afterwards. We hoped the swelling would go down by the next day. Natalie did try to put ice on her leg and foot but she kept wriggling away from it.
The next morning my daughter found put that Daisy had chewed her toes. She took her to PDSA vets asap feeling that Daisy would probably be pts. However the vet snatched Daisy out from her hamster carrier so quickly and woke Daisy who then bit the vet. Not surprising since Daisy is in pain! The vet then didn't really look at her and just gave pain killer Meloxicam (oral suspension for cats). No antibiotics. It seems the vet is not used to handling hamsters!
So Natalie has been giving Daisy the pain meds every 12 hours but it is the weekend now so Natalie will take Daisy to a vets on Monday and ask for antibiotics. Until then we are keeping Daisy off her feet as often as possible by taking the tubes away and her wheel. She also is not putting Daisy in her ball.
We have read on Google that a hamster can survive without a foot but we want to up her chances with any good advice here. I thought maybe there is a way of wrapping her leg or foot up so she cannot get to hurt her foot? Or do we let nature somehow help her with this? Maybe in the wild they survive this somehow?
She is eating and drinking well and running about still but she has continued to chew at her foot a little each day. However this morning my daughter says it looks like it is starting to heal.
I have photos but they are pretty gruesome. Do you want me to post any of these? Thank you
Yes my daughter bought a syrian hamster for my grandson called Daisy. She will be 2 years old around October this year as she was bought at Xmas time 2022. My daughter has 2 kids and is very busy so I offered to do a thread about Daisy for her as I found this forum on Google when searching for advice.
My daughter (Natalie) bought Daisy a fluffy hammock and tunnel 2 weeks ago not realising this could be a hazard. On Friday Daisy chewed through the tunnel and somehow got her foot caught in it. My 3 year old granddaughter heard Daisy screaming and told Natalie who found Daisy with her foot all twisted around the fabric. Natalie eventually cut her out of the hammock but her leg was all swollen and purple afterwards. We hoped the swelling would go down by the next day. Natalie did try to put ice on her leg and foot but she kept wriggling away from it.
The next morning my daughter found put that Daisy had chewed her toes. She took her to PDSA vets asap feeling that Daisy would probably be pts. However the vet snatched Daisy out from her hamster carrier so quickly and woke Daisy who then bit the vet. Not surprising since Daisy is in pain! The vet then didn't really look at her and just gave pain killer Meloxicam (oral suspension for cats). No antibiotics. It seems the vet is not used to handling hamsters!
So Natalie has been giving Daisy the pain meds every 12 hours but it is the weekend now so Natalie will take Daisy to a vets on Monday and ask for antibiotics. Until then we are keeping Daisy off her feet as often as possible by taking the tubes away and her wheel. She also is not putting Daisy in her ball.
We have read on Google that a hamster can survive without a foot but we want to up her chances with any good advice here. I thought maybe there is a way of wrapping her leg or foot up so she cannot get to hurt her foot? Or do we let nature somehow help her with this? Maybe in the wild they survive this somehow?
She is eating and drinking well and running about still but she has continued to chew at her foot a little each day. However this morning my daughter says it looks like it is starting to heal.
I have photos but they are pretty gruesome. Do you want me to post any of these? Thank you