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Suspected Folliculitis

August 5th, 2010

In mid-July, I noticed dried up blood that had completely shut Daddy Hamster’s right eye. Of course I panicked & brought him to the vet right away. The vet cleaned up DH’s shut eye with this solution:

After DH’s eye was cleaned, the vet inspected the eye, which looked healthy. That’s when the vet suspected that it was folliculitis (inflammation of the hair follicle, specifically inflammation of the hair follicle surrounding DH’s eye). DH was prescribed with an eye ointment (the same one that was prescribed to Baby Hamster for his cysts) to be applied twice daily right on the eye, for 7 days. During those 7 days, I could see that DH’s inflammation was getting better. I also had to continually clean his eye with wet cotton bud.

Fast forward 2 weeks to today, this is how his right eye looks like (warning: graphic photo). Obviously it doesn’t look good. I’m going to make a vet appointment right away for tomorrow & I’ll be updating on how DH is doing.

ps: DH is about 2.5 years old, so I’m just hoping that this is a symptom of ageing & it won’t affect his entire well being.

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