Re: Sore Nose
Heres an update on Autumn...
After taking her to the Vets again on the Monday the swelling went down completely.
It came back after at the end of last week though and got progressively worse through monday and it looks really sore again today.
I took him in to the vets again this afternoon and she was given a longer acting steroid injection to take away the swelling but myself and the vet both agreed that we needed to try and find the cause of the problem.
He said the swelling could be symptomatic of another problem but given that she is a healthy, active hamster he considered environmental factors to be a potential cause.
Anyway we decided that it could be a sensitively to the disinfectant we use, or the wood shavings that she has in her cage among other things.
So we are going to stop using the disinfectant for a few weeks (she is a very clean hamster anyway) and consider changing her bedding...what alternate bedding sources are there to think about using?
Anthony
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