Hi Toa Payoh vets, I have a 18-month-old female hamster who recently has been walking weirdly and is getting worse. Appetite is still good. However, we noted the hind legs tend to look stiff. We are looking if there is a possibility for walk in tomorrow at 9.30am
4 Feb 2021 examination. Not obvious, but right hind leg was not supporting the body weight when she ran.
32g bodyweight. Thin. Normal weight is around 45 g to 50 g.
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SINGAPORE – FEB 6, 2021: VETERINARY STORIES by Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow). Image 1/8.
The young couple was concerned that the 18-month-old female dwarf hamster was clumsy on the hind legs, as if she has stiff hind limbs. My assistant would give her comments: “Nothing wrong with this hamster!” after watching the active hamster moving about inside the box. Many older nurses and assistants do love to diagnose too.
Yet
the owners know better as they have had observed the hamster for a
week. They WhatsApp me 3 video clips. Now, I have had the hamster
videoed in Toa Payoh Vets. The Examination video is at:
https://youtu.be/DXwF004vitM
I had the hyperactive hamster anesthesized. I used my digital
camera to take close up photos to show the couple that the hamster
did have a wound on the right hind leg on the knee area and inflamed
right hind paw.
In conclusion, “show and tell” is a
better method than just tell the hamster owners that the hamster had
some lameness, not noticeable. This hamster was hyperactive and
climbed the “platform” many times a day. She jumped off the
platform and went to the exercise wheel. She could have had slipped
off the platform and injured her right knee---leading to hind limb
stiffness and clumsiness.
My advice is NOT to have that green
platform as the hamster climbs up and jumps down many times a day. It
could have led to the hamster falling or landing incorrectly and
injuring his joints or tendons of the four limbs. There was A MISSING LADDER going up the platform when I researched the product image. Hence the hamster had to literally pull herself up with her forelimbs many times over many weeks to walk on the platform and jumped done over many weeks---injuring her back, hence stiff hind limb gait.
More images
and info is at:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2021/02/3954-hamster-slightly-lame-on-rh-and.html
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VIDEOS X 3 ARE WHATSPP CLIPS TO DR SING.
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SINGAPORE – FEB 6, 2021: VETERINARY STORIES by Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow). Image 1/8.
The
young couple was concerned that the 18-month-old female dwarf hamster
was clumsy on the hind legs, as if she has stiff hind limbs. My
assistant would give her comments: “Nothing wrong with this
hamster!” after watching the active hamster moving about inside the
box. Many older nurses and assistants do love to diagnose too. Yet
the owners know better as they have had observed the hamster for a
week. They WhatsApp me 3 video clips. Now, I have had the hamster
videoed in Toa Payoh Vets.
The Examination video is at:
https://youtu.be/DXwF004vitM
I had the hyperactive hamster anesthesized. I used my digital camera to take close up photos to show the couple that the hamster did have a wound on the right hind leg on the knee area and inflamed right hind paw. In conclusion, “show and tell” is a better method than just tell the hamster owners that the hamster had some lameness, not noticeable. This hamster was hyperactive and climbed the “platform” many times a day. She JUMPED off the platform and went to the exercise wheel. She could have had slipped off the platform and injured her right knee---leading to RIGHT hind limb stiffness and clumsiness. This video shows the hamster jumping up and down the platform:
A step to walk up or down the platform is missing. Owner's video WhatsApp to Dr Sing
My
advice is NOT to have that green platform as the hamster climbs up
and jumps down many times a day. It could have led to the hamster
falling or landing incorrectly and injuring his joints or tendons of
the four limbs. A step to walk up or down the platform is missing
although the advertisement has it. Hence the hamster
leapt up and down the platform.
BLOG:
More
images and info is at:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2021/02/3954-hamster-slightly-lame-on-rh-and.html
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