Hi people, I'm new to this community and I decided to make a post because I need urgent help for my hamster. In short: I bought a baby Syrian hamster in a market in my city, but the seller tricked me and sold me an extremely injured and sick one. They said the animal is 45 days old, and when she got home her snout was full of sores and one eye had yellow mucus and it's closed (photos attached). I'm treating the eye with saline solution, but there hasn't been much improvement. The muzzle wounds apparently healed with some antiseptic. Unfortunately, this morning she fell off the exercise wheel and now has one of her feet crooked (crawling as she walks, video and photo attached). In addition, she is not eating solid food, just softened in water and in very little quantity a day (she refuses to eat and drink water most of the time).
PS: Additional information
- Name: Winnie.
- Gender: unknown (I put it as female in the text above because the seller said it was a girl, but I'm not sure).
- The injured foot had no bulge of fractured or dislocated bone or swelling.
- The animal did not show any signs of pain.
- Stays in the den practically all day, rarely goes out for a walk.
- Food dissolved in water: Funny Bunny, based on vegetables and vitamins.
- There is no veterinarian available for hamsters where I live.
- Type of cage: grid, two levels (second floor dismounted to prevent accidents) and tubes.
I hope you guys can help me, because I didn't find anything useful anywhere and I'm very worried about my pet. Thank you for your attention (sorry for bad english).
V@ideo:
poor hamster - YouTube