5860. VET CASE. A hamster has urine scalding. What to do?

 VET CASE. A hamster has urine scalding. What to do?

  [11:22, 02/05/2024] +65 8770 0922: Hi, do you treat hamsters?
[11:23, 02/05/2024] David Sing: Yes.
[11:23, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: Great! My hamster is weak, decreased appetite, and has a wet rear end.
[11:23, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: hunched over as well. I thought it was the hot weather but it seems to be getting worse..
[11:24, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: read online, might be bacteria infection
[11:24, 02/05/2024] David Sing: Please phone 62543326 for appointment
[11:24, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: it has been a few weeks and he is quite skinny now...
[11:24, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: ok thanks

 

 [14:19, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: tried feeding some carrots and broccoli, he used to eat them but now he won't even touch.

[14:55, 02/05/2024] David Sing: Appointment at Toa Payoh Vets - Hamster. Back area scalded - said to start with wet tail one month ago.  May have UTI. To hospitalise.

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2024/05/5860-vet-case-hamster-has-urine.html

-------------------------------------------------------------

VET CASE. A hamster has urine scalding. What to do?

  [11:22, 02/05/2024] +65 8770 0922: Hi, do you treat hamsters?
[11:23, 02/05/2024] David Sing: Yes.
[11:23, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: Great! My hamster is weak, decreased appetite, and has a wet rear end.
[11:23, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: hunched over as well. I thought it was the hot weather but it seems to be getting worse..
[11:24, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: read online, might be bacteria infection
[11:24, 02/05/2024] David Sing: Please phone 62543326 for appointment
[11:24, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: it has been a few weeks and he is quite skinny now...
[11:24, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: ok thanks

 

 [14:19, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: tried feeding some carrots and broccoli, he used to eat them but now he won't even touch. 

 

 

 

 

[14:55, 02/05/2024] David Sing: Appointment at Toa Payoh Vets - Hamster. Back area scalded - said to start with wet backside one month ago.  May have UTI. To hospitalise 3 days.

VET CASE STUDY

On 2 May 2024, the young man owner of the urine-scalded hamster WhatsApp me. The message was as follows:

History:

  [11:22, 02/05/2024] +65 8770 0922: Hi, do you treat hamsters?
[11:23, 02/05/2024] David Sing: Yes.
[11:23, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: Great! My hamster is weak, decreased appetite, and has a wet rear end.
[11:23, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: hunched over as well. I thought it was the hot weather but it seems to be getting worse..
[11:24, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: read online, might be bacteria infection
[11:24, 02/05/2024] David Sing: Please phone 62543326 for appointment
[11:24, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: it has been a few weeks and he is quite skinny now...
[11:24, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: ok thanks

 

 [14:19, 02/05/2024] +65 XXX: tried feeding some carrots and broccoli, he used to eat them but now he won't even touch.

The owner took the hamster home on Day 2 of in-patient. The hamster had two upper front teeth overgrown backwards and upwards into the hard palate. The teeth were trimmed. I followed up by WhatsApp. The owner said the hamster was doing well.


25 FEB 2024.
However, the busy owner did not bathe or clean the hamster's backside for the next few days. Video was given on 25 Feb 2024 to me. It showed the backside fur was still damp. The hamster had stopped eating again. 

I WhatApp whether he fed sunflower seeds. The answer was No. He did not want to eat it.”

The hamster did not want to eat the sunflower's seed , hence its teeth were said to be overgrown according to the owner. The owner could not send any images of the teeth. I advised veterinary review. He would wait and see.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

#dwarfhamster
#urinescalding
#overgrownupperfrontteeth
#singapore
#canonR5-24-104 mm
#toapayohvets
#kongyuensing
#singkongyuen
#shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

TO BUY PHOTO:   www.shutterstock.com/g/toapayohvets

UPDATE:
https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2024/05/5860-vet-case-hamster-has-urine.html