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Post by Pets_paradise87 on Jul 1, 2004 21:52:57 GMT 7
Yeah, all gone.. After I search the bedding, to check if the babies are hidden under the bedding or watever, there isn't any leftovers, only signs of blood on the wheel where she give birth.. She isn't fat now.. In fact, she is quite thin now leh.. I'm feeding her sluis superior, with additional wheat, oats and barley as her main diet.. With treats in between.. I'm rather worried abt her, cos now she seems to sleep more often den before..
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Post by ghost on Jul 2, 2004 12:26:27 GMT 7
I think she needs a good rest....give her some nutrition food (fresh vege,egg tofu mealworns etc) & avoid giving her more stress....hope your ham won't have consecutive birth ba....meaning a few days later...your mother ham may give birth again....
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Post by Pets_paradise87 on Jul 3, 2004 21:49:04 GMT 7
Yeah, I really hope she will get better.. I'm currently giving her wheat germ too.. High in protein and fibre.. Hmmm... Btw, there is a lump at my fren hammie eye.. Is tis consider a turmor?
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Post by ghost on Jul 4, 2004 8:30:28 GMT 7
Lump at the eye? Only one eye right?Is she staying with other adult hamsters? I've use to got a ham with a lump on the eye too...he's alrite now....keep the beddings clean....i won't be able to tell if it's a lump or some other things unless i see the ham myself.....perhaps can take the pic of the ham?
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Post by Pets_paradise87 on Jul 4, 2004 13:31:15 GMT 7
Yeah... Her hammie left eye.. She told me tat she can see some yellow like pus in the lump.. So she thinks that its abscess.. The hammie used to stay with his mate, a female hammie older den him by a few weeks. After my fren found the lump on him, she had already seperated him.. Can't take any pics right now, cos she lost her camera.. Also, the hammie is eating and drinking well at all.. Quite active too.. We might be bringing him to the vet if the lump doesn't improve by this saturday..
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Post by ghost on Jul 4, 2004 23:55:14 GMT 7
Oh....sounds bad now...now what ur friend can do is to try to keep the ham's cage as clean as possible....if possible,give him a sand bath....there are people who has try to use Saline solution or eye drops to clean the ham's eyes to prevent the pus from sticking on the ham's eyes...preventing it from opening....i'll try to get some info abt abcess with pics from my site to here later on....hope it'll help.....
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Post by ghost on Jul 5, 2004 0:03:02 GMT 7
Below is some info on part of my hamsters studies by some vets in S'pore which i got from a long forgotten websites...hope it'll help your friends on what's to come....The hamster has a sticky eye[/img][/left] "The hamster cannot open his left eye," Ms Hamzah said. "Some sticky thing had glued his eyelids. Is he blind?" The Golden hamster was busy rubbing his left cheek back and forth and his continuous scratching of the cheek had caused some hair loss in that area. He was irritated by some itchiness in that swollen left cheek. "What is the problem with my hamster and is there a cure for his big swollen cheek?" Ms Hamzah enquired. I held the hamster by the skin on his neck to have a closer look. He was very energetic and did not like me to hold him. "It is common to have sticky pus in a sick hamster," I replied. "In this case, there must be a bacterial infection in his left cheek pouch which holds and stores all his seeds and food." "Could durian cause this problem as he loves durians," Ms Hamzah asked. "Eating too much durian can cause heatiness and sore throat." It is a local Singaporean belief that too much eating of the durian, a strong smelly fruit with spikes would lead to sore throat and loss of voice. In this hamster's case, Ms Hamzah believed that would cause a sore eye.
I did not believe it till I had suffered from sore throat one time when I ate durians for several days. I just lost my voice and therefore am a believer in the heatiness concept of excessive ingestion of too much of a good thing.
As for durians causing this hamster's condition, I did not agree that this was possible. But there are always new incidents to discover.
Now, what should I do with this hamster?
"A soft swollen left cheek indicated it was infected with pus," I explained to Ms Hamzah.
"What is pus? How did it happen?" Ms Hamzah asked.
"Pus is the sticky yellowish discharge formed as a result of the body's white blood cells fighting against bacterial infection. It is usually yellowish in colour like those in face pimples." I said. "In this hamster, he could be bitten by the other hamster as there seemed to be a wound in his cheek." www.asiahomes.com/singaporetpvet/misc/0278tn_hamster_anaesthesia_Singapore.jpg [/img] The hamster could smell a different environment and was restless. It would be best to examine him under gas anaesthesia as too much handling might stressed him and he might just die of heart attack. A light anaesthesia should not kill him. There was no other way to open his mouth to examine his cheek pouch. I put him into the gas container for less than 60 seconds. Once he was not so fidgety, I took him out to check his mouth. www.asiahomes.com/singaporetpvet/misc/0276tn_hamster_pus_cheek_Singapore.jpg [/img] Was there a necessity to incise the skin of this swollen cheek pouch and release the pus while the hamster was under anaesthesia and not suffering from pain? This would be the standard procedure. I looked at the limp body. A small blob of greenish yellow pus oozed out from inside his mouth. In this case, the abscess had burst on the inside surface of the cheek pouch and therefore I needed not do any incision on the outside skin of the cheek pouch. www.asiahomes.com/singaporetpvet/misc/0275tn_hamster_pus_cheek_Singapore.jpg [/img] This was the advantage of anaesthesia which immobilised the hamster to enable me to examine the hamster properly. The hamster must have tried to get rid of the pus with his hands and in the process, had rubbed the pus onto his left eye lids, sticking them together. He felt more irritated but could do nothing. He stopped eating and would have died of starvation and infection. www.asiahomes.com/singaporetpvet/misc/0280tn_hamster_pus_removal_foodpouch_Singapore.jpg [/img] I massaged his left cheek pouch to express out more pus. The pouch was deflated soon. I swabbed off the sticky pus of his left eyelids and his black protruding eye was not infected. He could see clearly now. It was kind of his owner to bring the hamster for treatment early. Under anaesthesia, I could see that the hamster had overgrown front teeth. The front teeth grows daily unlike human teeth and they have overgrown because the hamster was not using them to chew his seeds for some time. The infected cheek pouch would be painful for him to eat well. What should I do with his overgrown teeth? www.asiahomes.com/singaporetpvet/misc/0274tn_hamster_teeth_overgrown_Singapore.jpg [/img] I used a clipper and trimmed them short. He should be able to eat normallynow. The hamster recovered from anaesthesia quickly. He was given antibiotic injection and a bottle of eye drops. As to why he got his left cheek pouch infected, I could only guess that he was bitten by the other hamster as there was a skin wound but this scab could be due to his pawing at the painful cheek. A sharp seed could have penetrated his pouch lining and bacteria colonised the cheek pouch forming pus when the immune system's white blood cells attack them. Nobody knows the cause but Ms Hamzah was happy that her hamster survived the cheek pouch infections in time to celebrate Hari Raya Puasa. www.asiahomes.com/singaporetpvet/misc/0272tn_hamster_1hour_after_gas_Singapore.jpg [/img]
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Post by Pets_paradise87 on Jul 8, 2004 8:09:12 GMT 7
Wow.. Very good information.. But my fren hamster dun look like this.. Jus one lump above his eyes and yellow pus in the lump.. Btw, we brought him to the vet le, now getting better.. Hehe..
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Post by ghost on Jul 10, 2004 12:30:49 GMT 7
Ok,what did the vet say? Care to share a little? Did the vet operate on your friend's ham?
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Post by Pets_paradise87 on Aug 2, 2004 5:46:10 GMT 7
Sorry for the long reply.. Was busy with my school work.. Hehe.. The hammie doing fine now.. The vet says she wun try anything with him cos the lump doesn't affects him at all.. She has given him baytril as an anti biotics to boost his immue system...,
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Post by ghost on Aug 4, 2004 22:58:58 GMT 7
Again,do keep me update on the ham whenever possible....anti-biotic is known to reduce the size of lumps....but i'm not sure abt your friend's hammie's situation....if possible,try to have a pics up.....really appreciate your effort to share all this....thank you!
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Post by pets87 on Aug 10, 2004 13:56:59 GMT 7
yeah.. sure... me wanna noe more abt hamster illness too.. not beri experienced in hamster care.. hehe...
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Post by ghost on Aug 10, 2004 23:34:27 GMT 7
I'm learning as i walk thru my life with my hamsters....& adopting other pple's experience....i just hope in the near future,i'd be able to safe as much sick hamsters as possible....& also hope to lengthen the life span of hamsters.....ridiculous me,right?
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