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TOA PAYOH VETS
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Date: 19 January, 2009

Focus: Small animals - dogs, cats, hamsters & rabbits

Dwarf Hamster. Stye and Haematoma. Needs surgical treatment, not medical. Toa Payoh Vets

1828. 2 cases. Ineffective medicine for chest swelling. Is it necessary to treat the hamster's chest swelling?

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BE KIND TO HAMSTERS - consult your vet early
when their tumours are very small or when they fall sick
Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS. 7 hamster cases in 2008 for veterinary students and hamster lovers
Date: 19 January, 2009

A LARGE TUMOUR

1744-45. Anaesthesia is much safer for the hamster when a small tumour is removed. Spare some time to get tumour removed by your vet when the tumour is not so large. Large tumour requires longer time to operate and increases risk of death. This hamster's tumour was removed with injectable zoletil IM anaesthesia topped up by isoflurane anaesthetic gas.
1. CELLULITIS ON LOWER BODY 2. BITE WOUND

1452. Daily skin check esp. the infected skin of the belly of your old hamster to prevent cellulitis.	1678. Two female dwarf hamsters squabbled. One got bitten. Even though they grow up together, some hamsters bite each other when they mature. They just can't live together! Your cage may be too small now.
IMPACTED AND INFECTED CHEEK POUCH

1593. "Any side effects of the anaesthetic gas for my hamster after going home?" the young lady ask. "No," I said. "No more bread for your hamster."	1592. Hamster grooming vigorously and suddenly expelled the big bread mass (Y).

1591. Storing bread for a rainy day. Very smelly hardened lump of mainly bread in the left cheek pouch.	1590. Does the hamster look normal? Impacted and infected left cheek pouch.
EYELID ABSCESSES

1496. Owner not to let hamster feed from high food trough or lap water from bowl. Use of water bottle, low feed pan. Clean up cage. Eye drops to be given twice a day 5 days.	1495. The lady owner was unable to give antibiotics at home as hamster resisted. Eyelid abscesses recurred for 3rd time.

1494. 3rd general anaesthesia to lance eyelid abscesses in past 2 months. Poor cage hygiene suspected.	1493. Lady owner in her 30s suspected water bottle is contaminated. Let hamster lap water from high water trough.
EYELID ABSCESS

1446. Wait and see. Owner to give antibiotic eye drops for both eyes for 7 days.	1445. Post-operation cleaning of the eye daily by the owner is very important.

1444. Creamy pus inside the conjunctiva of the eyes caused by bacteria.	1443. Hamster with right eyelid abscesses.
A LARGE SKIN TUMOUR

1441. Follow up with your vet in 2 weeks when skin tumour grows larger. Fortunately for this hamster, the large armpit skin wound after removal of the tumour closed by granulation tissue and the hamster lived a normal life.

1440. Hamster went to exercise after waking up from isoflurane anaesthesia.	1439. High tension skin area. Very difficult to stitch as stitches will break down and the hamster can't walk properly or groom himself.

1438. Large pieces of tumour excised.	1437. A time-pressed lady did not follow up with the vet after 2 weeks. Tumour grows.

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