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Any hamster experts here PLEASE HELP ME2007-11-24 21:57:37

I need extreme help for my hamster. His name is Coco, and he's about 2 years old. His eyes look swollen, and have crust buildup around them all the time. I usually take a little bit of toilet paper, wet it, and rub his eyes with it. But now, I just looked at him a few minutes ago and his eyes are really swollen and are closed and look as though they have rashes around his eyes. He hides in corners, and looks like he has trouble moving at times, like his legs are weak. My parents (suck, they are total jerks) and said they're not taking my hamster to the vet because they said "last time we took a hamster to the vet it costs so and so." I really do want to take him to the vet but my parents won't let me. They said since hamsters live shortly, they shouldn't spend all this money on my hamster. I really don't know what to do, because it hurts me to see my hamster like this and since my parents are such jerks they can't even help him. Can someone PLEASE give me tips to help my hamster?

Answers:

I think it is better for you to use saline water and drop it into its eye. try not to use tissue paper to touch its eye.

Good Luck :)

Sabby

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Change his litter. It sounds like he is having an alergic reaction to it. Do you have the cedar chips? Those are rough on little critters.

There's a product made with recycled paper that comes in pellets. See if you can find that. If you can't, then use plain clean sand, like the kind you get for kids to play in. It's not as absorbent, but it will be easier on his little face. You'll just have to clean the cage more often.