Chinchilla Nation » compress http://www.chinchillanation.com The small and furry blog Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:47:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Vets are gone! http://www.chinchillanation.com/2009/08/10/vets-are-gone/ http://www.chinchillanation.com/2009/08/10/vets-are-gone/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:44:25 +0000 Ippo456 http://www.chinchillanation.com/?p=522 I go to this particular animal clinic, which is the official clinic for the local zoo. The clinic has 3 vets, but the one I always always see for rodent problems (chins & hamsters) has relocated out of state and my alternative (who treated Dee Dee & Winnie) is on vacation. The third vet has been under the guidance of those 2, but he’s only worked at this clinic for a couple of years and not as experienced with rodents. There’s a new replacement vet, but the staff I talked to doesn’t know if she’s experienced with rodents.

The problem is, I found a lump near Baby Hamster’s left cheek.

BH sick

I tried putting hot compress on him to release the abscess (I think it’s an abscess), but I wasn’t successful. I was afraid, most of the time, of hurting him. Plus, he wouldn’t stop moving. He was very patient with me though; at one point when he’s had enough, he gave me a friendly nip (not the painful ones Syrians can give, so I wasn’t punctured). Afterwards, he was still as tame as ever. I’ve read somewhere that Syrians, once they’ve been tamed, they will always stay tame. As for other hamsters, if you don’t handle them regularly, they will forget what it’s like to be handled & will bite again.

Since I’m reluctant to go to another clinic, I’ll give this vet a try.

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