[hamsterwhisperer1996]

Wasn't 100% sure where to post this but healthcare seemed like the best fit. The photo which shows the issue I'm describing are attached to my post.

We took Sylvie (2 year old Syrian) to the vet last week due to a distinctive head tilt. We've been medicating her for an ear infection, but we highly suspect it's something more severe - obviously we intend to keep medicating her until the course of meds is over just to be safe.

For now, her quality of life is good - she still loves exploring, running on her wheel and scoffing treats, but her mobility has been affected quite dramatically. Her depth perception is way off and she tumbles/trips easily.

We've already made some amendments to her enclosure to make life easier for her in her twilight 'years', but the issue is thus: her multi-chamber hide sits on top of her bedding, which then slopes down to her wheel/sand bath. She's tumbled down this slope a couple of times, and even though her bedding is soft we still don't want her to be distressed by her falling all the time/not be able to right herself again.

We can't build up the bedding to even out the slope, because her enclosure isn't very tall and the wheel wouldn't fit, but we don't want to take bedding out from under her hide either as then she won't be able to burrow. Has anyone got any advice? Sorry for the long and complicated post and thanks in advance.