i checked on him aa few mins ago and he was asleep on his side and i thot he was dead so i woke him up one of his eyes was glued shut and he seemed extremely tired and barely could move..also the bottom side of him was/is kinda wetish and he can barely move
cant take him to the vet its 230 in the morning here
please help me prevent him from dying i cant take help..
2007-08-17 11:29:05 · 11 answers · asked by Hitwad 3 in Pets ➔ Rodents
i think he might have eaten something rong..he moves for a second then falls asleep i cant this ...
2007-08-17 11:31:22 · update #1
hes usually the most active at this time, its the time he usually escapes and hes never shown such unusual lethargy...
2007-08-17 11:50:10 · update #2
Sorry to tell you that your hamster is probably dying and there is nothing that you can do to prevent it. Give it a nice funeral. Ours praised the hamster for it being as hamsterish as it could be. It was then buried next to another hamster and 5 fish which had died over the previous year.
2007-08-17 11:39:38 · answer #1 · answered by MICHAEL R 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It sounds like her has a respiratory infection, especially with the crusty eye!
If there are no emergency vet clinics nearby... TRY what i did with my rat when she was sick... I stayed up with her all night and thought that she was going to die... She made it through though...
Get some coffee in some warm water, some weetbix, one of those syringes without the needle or an eye dropper, and a heat pack/hot water bottle and a towel...
Heat the heat pack, or fill the hot water bottle up, and wrap the towel around it... And make sure that it is not too hot... You don't want him to be in shock from burns as well as everything else...
Wipe his eye with a damp cloth so that he can feel a bit more comfortable...
And you need to syringe the coffee into his mouth...
He wont like it at all... But it is the same principle for people with asthma... The caffeine opens the throat and helps them to breath!
Syringe some of that into his mouth... Give him time to swallow... Don't overwhelm him... The last thing he needs is to stress out more and get coffee in his lungs!
Once he starts to look around a bit more, start giving him some of the weetbix and water (or wheat based cereal) with sugar in it, via the syringe again...
The sugar and the coffee should help to give him immediate energy, and the weetbix will give him a more sustainable energy... This well help to keep him alert and give his body something to work with, rather than just running on empty and trying to fight!
And get him to the vets ASAP in when they open... Be waiting out the front when they open their doors!
Good luck, i really hope he is ok!
Please let us know how he goes...
What is his name?
2007-08-17 12:03:10 · answer #2 · answered by Figment 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok. I think your hamster might have wet tail. You mean that he is wet on the bottom side as his butt?
Just keep your hamster warm, make sure he is eating and drinking, and when your local vet's office opens up for the day, GO THERE ASAP.
2007-08-17 12:00:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know what this is, he just might be really tired so just leave him alone until tomorow and than take him to the vet. Well it is 2:30 in the morning so its no suprise if he is tired. Just check on him in the morning and when the vet is open take him there. I hope he will be fine, just leave him alone and let him sleep.
2007-08-17 11:46:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
YOU CAN BUY THE CURE FOR WET-TAIL AT MANY PET STORES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE VET.
Also, remember hamsters have short life spans. If he is a couple years old...sometimes thats just the way of things :.(
2007-08-17 12:04:56 · answer #5 · answered by Lynn T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let him be and put pleanty of water in his cage, dont give him any food and if he has any food in his cage take it out... there could be something in the food that is bad for him. call a friend who knows a lot about animals or make an emergency vet call, ( call your vet at his home phone if you have it? ) ,
i hope your hammie is ok =( !
Ari
2007-08-17 12:22:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't panic to much he might just be really tired make sure he is comfortable, warm,offer him food and water. And as i am sure he will be ok in the morning ring the vets first thing. Hope he will be ok let me know
2007-08-17 11:41:19 · answer #7 · answered by Clarissa M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
call an emergency vet theres ones that are open at 2 in the morning
2007-08-17 12:38:50 · answer #8 · answered by ~~~~ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep him warm and stay with him, make sure his bed is ok and has lots of warm stuff and just leave him, makehim comfortable and im sorry becus it is always so sad wen a pet is dying.
2007-08-17 12:09:03 · answer #9 · answered by Weeza 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
awwww poor hamster... it probably has wet tail... u can buy a kind of medicine called dri tail... but untill then you should listen to figment.... she sounds like she knows what shes talking about lol...
2007-08-17 12:21:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋