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Pebbles82 · 11-20-2021, 10:15 AM

I was going to say the same as Souffle, that an eye infection needs a two week course really.

You’ve had good advice above. All I will add is that it is very common for hamsters of this age to get sticky eyes and sometimes just bathing a stuck eye is all that’s needed. But if it is actually an infection then I think oral antibiotics for two weeks would be the solution. Having also recently had a similar thing - it did take two weeks for the infection to clear.

It’s difficult when you can’t find an exotic vet - I have to travel an hour to go to an exotic vet. And there is only the one exotic vet in the practice. Would that be a possibility- if you Google exotic vets in the wider area? Which part of the country are you in?

11-20-2021, 10:15 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Conjunctivitis still getting worse after two sets of antibiotics I was going to say the same as Souffle, that an eye infection needs a two week course really. You’ve had good advice above. All I will add is that it is very common for hamsters of this age to get sticky eyes and sometimes just bathing a stuck eye is all that’s needed. But if it is actually an infection then I think oral antibiotics for two weeks would be the solution. Having also recently had a similar thing - it did take two weeks for the infection to clear. It’s difficult when you can’t find an exotic vet - I have to travel an hour to go to an exotic vet. And there is only the one exotic vet in the practice. Would that be a possibility- if you Google exotic vets in the wider area? Which part of the country are you in?