[goldenkimono]

I feel like I'm only here to ask about health issues, but hopefully Rookie will be better soon so I can actually post pictures of the hamsters!

Anyway, Rookie had an eye infection, we got given Maxitrol, and this seemed to work quite well. Took away the swelling, at least. The downside was that she got extremely distressed by the entire process and started squeaking etc. Once we finished the course, we realised the eye still didn't look entirely better and on Friday we realised there was some clicking as she breathed and some wheezing as well - and now the other eye looked as though it wasn't entirely okay either.

Initially I'd made an appointment with our regular vet, who could fit us in on Monday, but on Saturday we realised she hadn't touched her food, hadn't been drinking, and when we checked on her, she really didn't look well so instead we made an appointment with an out-of-hours vet (thank god for my father-in-law, who could drive us there).

The vet there was absolutely lovely, checked her over entirely (something our regular vet hadn't, she'd only looked at the eyes and had initially misdiagnosed her) and said it appeared as though the infection had now gone for the eyes and the throat. She prescribed Baytril, which Rookie luckily seems to like for some reason, and we've now administered two doses (0.1 ml, once a day in the evening).

So far there's not really been any difference and I know I'm undoubtedly far too impatient, but does anyone know when you can start to notice that it's working? Thanks!!