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Old 10-04-2020, 12:45 AM  
SRP
Newborn Pup
 
Join Date: Sep 2020
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Default Re: Need help and advice!

There aren't many vets willing to check hamsters here, none other around here unfortunately.

When we asked him further regarding the powder he only said to keep giving him, we asked him what is it, name or anything, he just said dialysis, which we asked, isn't that a treatment than the name of the said medicine, to which he replied us with a picture of what it contains
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Olea europaea
Fructo-oligosaccharides

He doesn't seem to be willing to explain or go into detail much unfortunately.

Our hammy is a Syrian, currently weighs about 129g -131g, prior to this he was about 140g, which was a few weeks back before the blood in his pee.

The food we are currently giving him is Jolly Crispy Hamster, we have another one with the same nutritional and ingredients ratings called Chubby Crunchy Hamster even if the contents look different from the first, and another one with no nutritional details.

The vet told us to give him 3ml of the antibiotics everyday for a week and a pinch of the powder too, he said to sprinkle on his food, but he usually doesn't eat all his food so we mixed it into a syringe, we also weren't sure if giving him 3ml of antibiotics a day was too much so after the first day we lowered it to 2ml, because he really doesn't like it and just closes his mouth and refuses to take anymore after a bit.

The amount in the antibiotic syringe is also alot more than enough even if giving him 3ml a day for a week, so I'm not sure if we should be finishing the whole thing.

Prior to this we were much less strict with his diet regarding his hamster food, as of now we scoop exactly 12g of his hamster food, which has some stuff he won't ever touch in the mix.

Before, I'd usually pick up pieces he like more and add it to mix, and he'd fairly often, get to pick from the container of food on his own for a short bit, but he also takes some of the lesser like bits if we gave him, he used to take about 20ish plus sunflower seeds a day, and maybe half a ground but to a full ground but, his food used to total to maybe about 25g.

He'd also get a hamster treat every day or an alternate, usually, which varies from a walnut pellet, peanut pellet, oat cookie, strawberry/fish chew pellet, cheese/strawberry chew stick, dried sweet potato.

We also started giving him a drop or two of cod liver oil every 3 days when he started losing fur for the past few months.

Veggies consists of the list mentioned before, usually 2 - 5 pieces of veggies from the bunch a day.

So far all the mentioned foods above have been stopped.

He hasn't drank water from his own bottle for the past few days, but he might be getting water from the hamster soup, consist of coucous (made of wheat) and pearl barley along with some veggie bits, boiled, so he may be getting water from there, we've been giving him about 2 teaspoons worth every half a day.

Last edited by SRP; 10-04-2020 at 01:04 AM. Reason: Additional info
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