Hi-there! I have a dwarf hamster, Mace, I've had him since July-ish. He lives in his own cage, by himself, well around, October or November we noticed that his eye was starting to bug out and looked even redder than normal, he is supposed to have big bright red eyes. We didn't think much of it, then a few days after that there was a huge puss pocket or something on the eye. Didn't know what to do for him, we called the vet, but figured it wasn't worth taking him. I love animals and hate to see them suffer, but couldn't justify taking a $5 dollar hamster to the vet with a minimum bill of $45. Well a few days after the pocket appeared, it disappeared and his eye sucked into his head, needless to say, he went blind. But he was fine, never seemed to bother him. He ate, drank and climbed his cage like normal. Well his cage got cleaned out 4 days ago and he seemed fine, when I went to check on him yesterday, it looked like his other eye was closed. Got to looking closer and its hardly open, not sure if he can see out of it. But he hasn’t been hiding/sleeping in his little house lately; he has been out and about, just sort of setting there or sleeping out in the open, even during the day. And I noticed that he appears to have lost a lot of weight, he is really thin. I think he might possibly be blind in the other eye now too. But I don’t know why? Anyone have any ideas on why he went blind? Why he is so thin? Is he dieing? My husband suggested just killing him, painlessly. So he wont have to suffer, but I just can’t do that, but I still can’t justify taking him to the vet. What should I do any suggestions?
2007-01-17
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