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Old 12-21-2015, 01:09 AM   #1
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My brothers hamster, Bear, fell off her second level of her house and has hurt her eye. We took her to the vets and they gave us eye drops for her. We used them and she started to make really weird noises. It could just be a coincidence that she just got a cold but we are worried the drops have started something else.
She is not any difference in her action and is still really energetic.
What could she have???
Is there anything we can do to help her??
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Old 12-21-2015, 02:20 AM   #2
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Hi Saskia. First of all I would make the cage safer by either lowering or removing the shelving if it`s too high or she`s able to topple off the edge. Hamsters climb, but they are clumsy and these injuries can sadly happen as a result. The drops the vet gave you could be to fight infection or may have some pain relief in the ingredient. It depends on the name of the drops and what the vet said. Is her eyeball swollen or what? The noises she`s making could be due to her feeling the drops as they are put in, or she`s responding to something else. Hamsters are not normally vocal unless scared or angry about something or feeling acute pain.

Did the vet say to go back again? Watch her closely and make sure she`s okay and eating/drinking. Give her a small amount of raw veggies like broccoli, cauliflower, garden pea and carrot. But only about the size of 5mm square pieces especially if she`s never had raw veg before. x
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Old 12-21-2015, 02:30 AM   #3
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Thanks for the advise! Her eye is not swollen tooo much but the vet is worried about bruising. We are only meant to go back to the vet if she is still not better after 5 days, so 26th December ish.

I will give her some veg tomorrow because we gave her some yesterday.

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The swelling should go down on it`s own unless there are complication with the bump she took. Hopefully with rest and applying the drops, she will be okay. Try not to stress her when applying the drops though. Wait until she`s fully awake and do it by holding her still and do the drops straight in and let go. Have a sunflower seed ready for her! x
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