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Pebbles82 · 12-15-2019, 03:57 AM

I think you are doing all you can. I am sure she would appreciate licking a bit of honey off a teaspoon but personally I wouldn’t give milk. They don’t digest lactose well and milk is usually seen as worse for congestion- water flushed out the system. Manuka (honey) arguably is good for various immune boosting things but ordinary honey is probably fine too. For immune boosting you could give a pinch of hemp seeds daily (I get the shelled ones as they’re fluffy and easily licked up). I just put them on a separate dish and hamsters seem to like them. Also half a Brazil nut (out of the shell) every two or three days. They contain something that boosts immune system.

As you say, a cold is viral so maybe leave off the thyme as that is more for bacteria.

12-15-2019, 03:57 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Dried thyme for emergency allergies? I think you are doing all you can. I am sure she would appreciate licking a bit of honey off a teaspoon but personally I wouldn’t give milk. They don’t digest lactose well and milk is usually seen as worse for congestion- water flushed out the system. Manuka (honey) arguably is good for various immune boosting things but ordinary honey is probably fine too. For immune boosting you could give a pinch of hemp seeds daily (I get the shelled ones as they’re fluffy and easily licked up). I just put them on a separate dish and hamsters seem to like them. Also half a Brazil nut (out of the shell) every two or three days. They contain something that boosts immune system. As you say, a cold is viral so maybe leave off the thyme as that is more for bacteria.