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Old 01-19-2021, 08:16 AM   #1
rachaelsoren
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Exclamation Sick Hamster. How do I proceed?

Hello. I was out of town for the weekend (left Friday night, came back Monday around noon) and when I came back, I noticed my hamster was not doing well at all. What I noticed at the time: not moving, difficulty breathing, crusty nose, and eyes sealed shut. Thinking he had gotten an infection, I took him to the vet. She looked him over and she said he had deep labored breathing that sounded like a respiratory infection. She opened his mouth and that’s where we saw a big problem. His left lower tooth was huge. She said there was a possibility that it had punctured his upper palate sometime this weekend and that’s why it was so sudden, but she didn’t know for sure(she’s not an expert in animals his size, but did know a bit). She clipped the tooth and sent me home with antibiotics: Enrofloxacin, 0.1 mL, twice a day. I gave a dose to him last night when I got home and am going give another soon. He is extremely weak and I don’t really know what to do. He is breathing through his mouth and every time he breathes there is a squeak/click. I am currently trying to give him water and some soft food through syringes but he’s not liking as when he tries to breath, he probably breathes in some water or soft food? He’s not walking around at all when I put him in his tank, just sleeping. I moved him to a smaller tank so everything he would need is right there next to him. I cleaned out this tank and just gave him a shallow layer of soft paper bedding, a sleep sack with a little bedding in it, a heating pad under the tank and sleep sack to keep him warm, a shallow dish outside the sleep sack with some soaked pellets and a couple nuts just in case he started feeling better when i was sleeping and wanted a snack, his water bottle, and a wood chew just in case. I removed his sand bath and wheel as he was very weak. Please let me know if you need anymore information. I just don’t know what to do as he’s not eating and having difficulty drinking and breathing.

Jarvis: dwarf hamster(robo?), black, male, age: ? (age is difficult to determine as i’d gotten him from a person off craigslist who had him in a crittertrail cage, but my best guess would be 2.5-3 years old).
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Old 01-19-2021, 11:56 PM   #2
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Default Re: Sick Hamster. How do I proceed?

Sorry to hear your ham is so unwell, did the vet give any metacam for the pain? He is most likely in quite a lot of pain & that won’t help with him wanting to eat.
All you van really do is give soft foods, safe baby foods, porridge & soaked pellets, I would be careful using the syringe, if he’s able to eat he should take some soft food himself. If you don’t have pain relief for him have a word with the vet about that.
He is a really good age but sadly at that age his chances of recovery are less so keep him comfortable may be all you can do.
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Old 01-20-2021, 01:41 PM   #3
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I also like Cypher would be very careful with the syringe instead use a tea spoon with a little water to offer. I think you may need to Think about making that last decision we make out of love for our hamsters if he is suffering, he is an old man, if his tooth has created a hole in the roof of his mouth to the back of his eye which is infected he will be in a lot of pain. Sending prayers
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Old 01-20-2021, 04:29 PM   #4
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Unfortunately, Jarvis passed away not to shortly after posting yesterday. I think I already knew what the outcome would be of his respiratory infection plus his age plus the probable puncture to his palate, but I was holding out hope of there being something I could do other than make him comfortable. Thanks for the replies and prayers.
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Old 01-21-2021, 10:19 AM   #5
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So sorry for your loss but under the circumstances it was for the best. Rest in peace Jarvis, your happy memories will live on.
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Old 01-21-2021, 10:57 AM   #6
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I am so sorry for your loss. He was a grand age.
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