Caring for your Sick Hamster
How to Tell When Your Hamster is Sick?
How to Tell When Your Hamster is Sick?
These are the Signs and Symptoms to look out for to tell you if your hamster is ill.
Behavioural
Behavioural
- Lethargy/ Stops moving/ Stops favourite activities
- Keeps moving around/ scampering/ excessive digging
Dietary
Dietary
- Eating too much/ Not eating at all
- Drinking too much/ Not drinking at all
Physical
Physical
- Growths
- Difficulty Breathing/ Clicking Noises
- Swelling of the Tummy - http://www.hammysworld.com/index.php?p=abdomen
What should you do if Your Hamster is Sick?
What should you do if Your Hamster is Sick?
Read up about the illness
Read up about the illness
See list of Resources here:
Seek the Vet to get treatment
Seek the Vet to get treatment
See List of Vets
Employ Home Remedies
Employ Home Remedies
See list of home remedies here
Euthanising Your Hamster: When there is little choice and you don't want to watch him/her suffer
Euthanising Your Hamster: When there is little choice and you don't want to watch him/her suffer
Methods of Euthanising Your Hamster
Methods of Euthanising Your Hamster
- Lethal Injection by your Vet
- Home Euthanesia by Carbon Dioxide
- From Dry Ice
- By Mixing acid (Vinegar) with Baking Soda
Reference
- Euthanize a Sick Hamster by Wikihow - http://www.wikihow.com/Euthanize-a-Sick-Hamster
- Small Animal Euthanasia at Home - http://www.alysion.org/euthanasia/
- Euthanasia of Hamsters - http://www.petplace.com/article/small-mammals/general/when-your-small-mammal-is-sick/euthanasia-of-hamsters
- Creating a CO2 Tank by Instructables - http://www.instructables.com/id/Feed-a-snake-the-safe-way-with-CO2/
- American Veterinarian Medical Association (AVMA) Guidelines for Rodent Euthanasia Document (2013) - http://www.upenn.edu/regulatoryaffairs/Documents/iacuc/guidelines/iacucguideline-rodenteuthanasia.pdf
- Euthanasia by the Rat Fan Club - http://www.ratfanclub.org/euth.html