hi
thanks for all the advice
After the upheavel we decided to move the furniture around, and have a proper sort out, leaving the kitchen till last,
On moving the freezer, I suddenly freak as I see a very forlorn battered Belle wander out very slowly,
I make a grab for her to turn & bite, realising she was injured (she has never once bitten!) my DH threw a towel over her and we grabbed her up, And had a look, her face was swollen, and she was bleeding, her ear torn to, her left eye was half open
I immedatly rung the emergency vets to get advice, (it was late) On following that I put a cold compress on her face and cleaned her up, Belle once realising she was safe cuddled in as much as a hamster does, she was makin strange little clicking sounds aswell, we took her to the vets first thing,
the vet has given her 2 lots of antibiotics, one to calm her face and help with the swelling, the second to calm her tummy,
Apparently in human terms she has basically done 10 rounds with Mike Tyson!
She has a small puncture wound in her tummy, and by her eye, and a lot bruises, it looks as though as she has dashed accross the floor Henry has swiped at her with his paw a couple times,
On another Note the vet said she hasnt never seen such a docile and friendly and handable hamster!
She herself has raised 3 hamsters from birth and all have been snappy and when normaly you bring in a hamster thats hurt they will bite and snap but not our belle!!! According to the vet her personality is unique!
So fingers crossed she is going to be ok, we have to keep an eye on her for a few days incase she suddenly goes downhill as shock sets in, so lots cuddles and TLC are in order!
thanks again for all the belle sends luv & snuggles along with her thanks
heres a pic of the lil runnaway looking a bit battered, about half an hour after we found her, you can see a slight mark by her eye in one and the torn ear in the other
and at the end are couple pics of belle as her normal self!
thanks for all the advice
After the upheavel we decided to move the furniture around, and have a proper sort out, leaving the kitchen till last,
On moving the freezer, I suddenly freak as I see a very forlorn battered Belle wander out very slowly,
I make a grab for her to turn & bite, realising she was injured (she has never once bitten!) my DH threw a towel over her and we grabbed her up, And had a look, her face was swollen, and she was bleeding, her ear torn to, her left eye was half open
I immedatly rung the emergency vets to get advice, (it was late) On following that I put a cold compress on her face and cleaned her up, Belle once realising she was safe cuddled in as much as a hamster does, she was makin strange little clicking sounds aswell, we took her to the vets first thing,
the vet has given her 2 lots of antibiotics, one to calm her face and help with the swelling, the second to calm her tummy,
Apparently in human terms she has basically done 10 rounds with Mike Tyson!
She has a small puncture wound in her tummy, and by her eye, and a lot bruises, it looks as though as she has dashed accross the floor Henry has swiped at her with his paw a couple times,
On another Note the vet said she hasnt never seen such a docile and friendly and handable hamster!
She herself has raised 3 hamsters from birth and all have been snappy and when normaly you bring in a hamster thats hurt they will bite and snap but not our belle!!! According to the vet her personality is unique!
So fingers crossed she is going to be ok, we have to keep an eye on her for a few days incase she suddenly goes downhill as shock sets in, so lots cuddles and TLC are in order!
thanks again for all the belle sends luv & snuggles along with her thanks
heres a pic of the lil runnaway looking a bit battered, about half an hour after we found her, you can see a slight mark by her eye in one and the torn ear in the other
and at the end are couple pics of belle as her normal self!
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