My hamster can't open his eyes. It's like they are glued shut. He hasn't eaten for 3 days or drinken. His whiskers are starting to curl up and he has been sleeping nonstop for three days. It's like his back legs aren't working as well as they have been. Is there anyhting I can do? and his front paws are red and the front of his face is goopy with something on it. Please help!! It's urgent!
2007-03-16 01:32:02 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
he is breathing though but he'll start to breathe fast then normally then he'll stop for about ten seconds and start normally agian the fast again
2007-03-16 02:43:41 · update #1
Um, I think your hamster is dead.
2007-03-16 01:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by ~♥~mama-to-be~♥~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discharge from the eyes and nose usually means pneumonia. This happened with a guinea pig and once with a pet rat that I had and neither survived. Rodents do not respond well to antibiotics in the first place and since the hampster has stopped eating it wont swallow the antibiotics even if you mix it in peanut butter and the like and force feed it from an eye dropper. You will probably end up aspirating it (making it drown with the medicine) if you attempt forcing medicine.
With small animals once they stop eating it is usually too late. The hampster should be put out of its misery as soon as possible or at least separated from the other ones if you have more so that it will not be eaten or attacked. If you love the animal you should not make it suffer any more than it has to.
To avoid pneumonia in small animals (especially rodents), do not keep their cages on the floor or where there is a cold draft like near a window. Also do not handle your rodents if you have a cold yourself. If you are the only caregiver of a rodent and you have a cold, wash your hands well before you feed and water it and dont play with it until you are well.
Being that this pet is a hampster, I have to make the assumption that you are a young person. Please ask your parents for some help in having it put to sleep by a vet--approx $25 for a small animal. If they are not willing to do that for you there is one option that I had read online somewhere long ago. A small animal can be put to sleep humanely by putting it into your freezer. The cold will make it slow down and go to sleep before passing away painlessly. I dont particularly have the nerve to do this myself and usually spend the $25 to have the animal euthanized by a vet.
My thoughts are will you--I know you love the animal even if it is only a hampster to other people.
2007-03-16 08:52:53 · answer #2 · answered by Wicked Little Lady 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me like your Hamster has had a stroke. I am so sorry but he won't last much longer. Right now all his body functions are slowing down or have already stopped functioning.
There is nothing a Vet can do.
He will be off to the Rainbow Bridge soon.
2007-03-16 08:50:07 · answer #3 · answered by Lori 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I`m afraid your hamster has nibbled his last sunflower seed, he`s off to the big cage in the sky.
2007-03-16 08:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by fried or boiled? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your hamster had a stroke. He has lost some of his body functions. I am sorry but he is not going to make it and there is no surgury you can do for him.
2007-03-16 08:36:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He might be in semi heibination as was my hamster at one time
2007-03-16 08:41:09 · answer #6 · answered by hardupmatt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it to a vet or bang it on the floor, if your not going to look after it
2007-03-19 07:20:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take your hamster to the vet have you checked it is still alive
2007-03-16 08:35:00 · answer #8 · answered by DEBORAH A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dig a hole dude
2007-03-18 22:07:43 · answer #9 · answered by Rebecka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why on earth have you not taken him to the vets?
2007-03-18 15:46:20 · answer #10 · answered by sunshine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋