Hi everyone! Has anyone had experience with their hamster having a facial abscess?
My 2 year old, one eyed female Syrian Evie has an abscess above where her eye should be.
The vets do not know the cause, but they have speculated that it could be when she had her eye removal operation something got left behind causing an infection (I adopted her at about 5 months old, she had the eye removal op before I adopted her), or there is an issue with her teeth.
She's seen several vets and as they lack experience with hamsters their only suggestion was to be to put her to sleep
I finally found a vet who tried draining the abscess and did a bacterial culture. The abscess kept refilling several times. After several weeks of administering antibiotics and draining the pus it appeared to have finally gone and her head had healed.
Now a month later the abscess has returned. If I take her to my local vets they will probably just PTS and the other vet who did the draining and culture has left.
I don't know if it's fair to go through the process of draining and meds again (not even sure I'll be able to find a vet willing to do so) or if it would be kinder to have PTS.
I would really appreciate some advice, thank you.