My hamster..

Its been acting weird for a few days.
Mum cleaned it out a few days ago and it was sneezing. Today i heard it doing the same pretty loud so I went and had a look and its eyes were stuck shut and all wet around them. Its water bottle and bowl are pretty much empty, theres no signs of pee around and only a few bits of poo around its house. So it hasn't eaten or toileted in the last few days.

I gave it a chocolate drop and it tried eating it, kept dropping it and gave up.
Any ideas whats wrong with it and anything to treat it with?

I told mum and she looked and said 'Just leave it, it'll die soon so don't watch it'. something along those lines. I haven't really been that interested with it since it normally bites me but when I do sit and watch it I like it more and more. Now she goes and says that + i'm kinda gutted.

And then she goes and says I'm not allowed another one if that dies.

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Originally Posted by mynameisjake

Its been acting weird for a few days.
Mum cleaned it out a few days ago and it was sneezing. Today i heard it doing the same pretty loud so I went and had a look and its eyes were stuck shut and all wet around them. Its water bottle and bowl are pretty much empty, theres no signs of pee around and only a few bits of poo around its house. So it hasn't eaten or toileted in the last few days.

I gave it a chocolate drop and it tried eating it, kept dropping it and gave up.
Any ideas whats wrong with it and anything to treat it with?

I told mum and she looked and said 'Just leave it, it'll die soon so don't watch it'. something along those lines. I haven't really been that interested with it since it normally bites me but when I do sit and watch it I like it more and more. Now she goes and says that + i'm kinda gutted.

And then she goes and says I'm not allowed another one if that dies.

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If its water bottle and bowl are empty, doesn't that mean it has eaten?

awww get well soon

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Originally Posted by ToxicPaddy

If its water bottle and bowl are empty, doesn't that mean it has eaten?

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meant full
oooops

Take it to the vet. Pretty simple really. clean the gunk around its eyes with a cotton bud and if you dont want to get bitten hold it more

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Originally Posted by sgt.rob

Take it to the vet. Pretty simple really. clean the gunk around its eyes with a cotton bud and if you dont want to get bitten hold it more

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Thats what i said to mum when i rang her. Then she said its nearly time for it to die anyway. They only live 2 years.

Its making noises again now though but i cant do anything about it :(


Looked on some sites from google and one said

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If she was over six months, she may just be ready to die. All of the hamsters that I have had died slightly different then yours is behaving. First, they spend most of their time in bed, and eventually go into a sort of coma. Their eyes get gooey, and by the next morning they are dead. If she was young when you got her, I would take her to a vet, but if she is two years old, I would just make her comfortable.

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Its been in bed most of the time that I've seen.

If its not dead in the morning, I'll try the water thing

Yeah, theres more wrong than just something with his eyes.

We did the water thing and now they're open so at least it can see. But then we found blood in the cage, poo stuck to it and weird yellow stuff. No idea whats wrong, leaving it over night to see if it gets any better and eats/drinks, if not to the vets it is.

Hammsters are very essay to get disseas by their habitat.
Try to clean it more often and don't leave him 24/7 in the cage.

Dan/

hmmmm.
just checked on it again and its eyes are stuck shut again.
I'll have to wait for stepdad to come back to help again.

Its dead now :(

omg soz =[ Thats why I wont get hamster its a 75% chance they will die early sorry for your loss =[