It is rare to get two
similar cases in different
species. The case of the dog
with the left "eye bag"
mirrors as recorded in:
The snoring old dog had a
big eye bag
mirrors the case of the fat
hamster who loves the sand
bowl. She is one year old,
female but weighed 68 g
before surgery for a swollen
lower eye area, much like an
"eye bag" of the older
person or the
above-mentioned dog.Some
3 days ago, two sisters
brought in this grey dwarf
hamster. The elder sister
dressed smartly like one of
those models and so created
a favourable first
impression. "The younger
sister is the one who loves
her," said the mother today,
Saturday 4 pm as she came to
bring the hamster home. The
younger sister came 2 days
ago with the mother but
since they did not know how
to clear the eye of more
yellow white particles of
sand, the hamster was
warded. I thought the mum
how to do it today as the
eye is still not fully
opened. "Too much sand had
gone into the eye," I said.
"Your hamster sleeps in the
sand bath like people going
to the spa."
"Sometimes she dozed off
inside the sand bath," the
mum laughed. "Sometimes she
even pooped inside." The
hamster had become a couch
potato and now seldom went
upstairs to a room. "She
escaped through the opening
in the upper hatch," the mum
said. "We found her in the
room. After that she would
not go upstairs anymore."
"This hamster could be
too fat to go upstairs," I
think. Yesterday, I saw her
trying to go inside the
cardboard roll which is the
left over after the toilet
papers had been used up. Her
hind legs were caught
outside the roll and she
struggled. Fortunately I saw
this incident. I snipped
open the length of the roll
so that she would not be
trapped.
ANAESTHESIA Zoletil 3
drops IM. Effective and
sufficient sedation for
lancing the lower eyelid
abscess and draining the pus
for a 68-g hamster. No need
isoflurane gas top up and no
fatality.
SURGERY
I everted the lower eyelid
at the medial canthus and
incised with a scalpel. Pus
oozed out. More pus from the
upper eyelid too. More pus
from further inside the
lower eyelid to the lateral
side. This was similar to
the old dog mentioned above.
Pus had formed deep inside
the eyelids. Bacteria
multiplied. The "eye bag
formed." The hamster rubbed
and rubbed. Redness and
swelling. The owners agreed
to hospitalisation for me to
clear more debris and sand
from the eye. The hamster
went home 3 days later and
the mother was taught how to
restrain the hamster and put
eye drops.
Updates will be at this
webpage:
http://www.asiahomes.com/petshotline/2013027hamster_eye_bag_toapayohvets.htm
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