Loosing weight!!!!!

cookietiger · 01-23-2016, 02:53 PM

Okay. So I own a long haired Syrian Male hamster called Crumpet maybe like 7 months old. I will call him a her in this post but that's because up until recently I believed he was a she so it's kinda habit.
Anyway!
Her weight has been a bit wobbly the two or so months only like loosing 5 grams but before that she was consistently 120/119 grams.
I am aware this is quite light for a Syrian but I got her from pets at home.
A few weeks ago she'd gone back to 120 grams. Last week she went back down to 114 grams not too bad but I fed her a little extra.
Today I weighed her and she was 74 grams!!! I don't know what to do.
Any suggestions. I'm going to book an appointment with the vets on Monday. But does anyone have any advice before I get one? I tried giving her extra treats just now but how will I know if she eats them? She just pouched them.

I'm kinda panicking sorry. Please help. I don't want her to die! I can literally feel all her bones. Way more than usuall.

Mrs Livingston · 01-23-2016, 03:00 PM

Hi Cookietiger, it's really important that you take your little one to the vets asap as you know. In the meantime, try feeding her some babyfood, mashed potato, porridge, scrambled egg something like that. Have a read of some threads on this forum as there is some fantastic information. When my little one was sick and losing weight, I gave her some cow and gate babyfood (be sure to avoid anything with onion or garlic in it). You can get this from pretty much any food store and it may be easier for your little one to digest.

Other than weight, how is she? Slow? Lethargic? Bright eyed? Any more indication of her health in general?

candice clews · 01-23-2016, 03:48 PM

Its really important too take her too the vets asap!! as said above try feeding baby food (without onion, garlic or high sugar) , also scrambled egg. As she has lost weight so quickly it might be something very serious. Take her too the vets as without treatment, she wont get better

Give her lots of hugs and cuddles and I really hope the worst isn't going to happen for you

candice clews · 01-23-2016, 03:49 PM

if you can feel her bones then something is definitely wrong

see if you can get her too the vets before Monday

cookietiger · 01-25-2016, 03:02 PM

Ok. So. I kinda was just panicking with the bones bit I think. Basically my scales were playing up. She actually ways around 114 grams 5 less than usual.
My mum took him to the vet just to make sure and she apparently hates the vet XD
She came out to say hello just now and I spotted a bit of dried blood under one nail on her front left paw and a bit of dry blood on her right hind paw and a tiny bit on her ear. A little strange. Possibly from her failed attempts to escape the scary vets grip. She doesn't seem in pain when I touch it though. I think she's just a bit grumpy from being handled by lots of people today.
But allsanta good!!! I feel a bit silly now :P