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jsp · 12-03-2021, 02:57 AM

Thanks, yes I'm keeping bashing away at it.

The drops are odd because I open his eye and put the drop on and it sits up on the tip of eyelashes, and I haven't found how to get it past his eyelashes. It's very hard to open his eye fully, without having to use a lot of force.

I tried wrapping him in a tea towel this morning, and it's very hard to hold him like that because he moves like liquid soap, almost turning round inside his own skin.

The best way I have found to keep him still is by holding onto the hair on the top of his head, but it's not the nicest thing to do to an animal.

I really worry for the fella, because it's been weeks of doing this twice a day, and now three times. He's been very good and hasn't bitten me, but he must be pretty cheesed off.

He is still his normal weight and still stuffs his pouches with food at every opportunity. Yesterday he filled his pouches so full of nuts that he had to hold the last one in his teeth to carry it away. He looked like an aticulated lorry.

12-03-2021, 02:57 AM
jsp Hamster Pup Join Date: Aug 2019 Posts: 108	Re: Conjunctivitis still getting worse after two sets of antibiotics Thanks, yes I'm keeping bashing away at it. The drops are odd because I open his eye and put the drop on and it sits up on the tip of eyelashes, and I haven't found how to get it past his eyelashes. It's very hard to open his eye fully, without having to use a lot of force. I tried wrapping him in a tea towel this morning, and it's very hard to hold him like that because he moves like liquid soap, almost turning round inside his own skin. The best way I have found to keep him still is by holding onto the hair on the top of his head, but it's not the nicest thing to do to an animal. I really worry for the fella, because it's been weeks of doing this twice a day, and now three times. He's been very good and hasn't bitten me, but he must be pretty cheesed off. He is still his normal weight and still stuffs his pouches with food at every opportunity. Yesterday he filled his pouches so full of nuts that he had to hold the last one in his teeth to carry it away. He looked like an aticulated lorry.