Oh No Poor Belle.....Vid Added :(

[Storm.]

As many of you may know we had a slight accident with Belle our hamster the other week

Well she was doing fine till just over an hour ago, she has been on a high self and been fine, the cage was secure

anyway we were cat sitting for a friend when the lil barstweard jumped on the shelf and knocked the cage off, Belle fell about 6 feet, my OH & I werent in the room just heard the crash,

I ran straight in and freaked and burst into tears, my OH thought she was dead she wasnt moving, I ran off before I threw up, her cage was smashed, suddenly OH realised he was breathing and told me, I ran in grabbed her and laid her in her one remaining part of her cage and we pretty much ran to the vets, she kept trying to move in the cage,
The vets were really good and rushed her straight in to be seen, Belle at this point kept moving and flopping pressing her nose to the side of the cage,

The vet checked her over and said she may be ok its 50/50, my oh said hasnt she broken her back or anything but apaerntly not,

the weird walking she is doing is due her brain swelling and bruising, and she doesnt know which is the right way up, she is confused hence her nose being pressed to the side to give her some feeling of security.
she gave her some injections, and said she needs to be kept warm, I asked if she makes it through what will she be like......
The vets words made me smile....she said, she will be a happy ****** with a head tilt!
She is a bit weird normall anyway so not much difference!
We have brought her home and she is due to see the vet again tomorrow, she is currently sleeping on a hot water bottle, with her nose squashed against the side

Poor girl, they say things come on 3s, I so hope not for her sake. But shes a fighter so fingers crossed for her,

 

[LisaJ1986]

Oh no! Bless her. Hope she's ok.

 

[badgergirl]

Oh, how awful for you

Fingers crossed for Belle x

 

[Morganuk]

Awww poor thing, hope it gets better soon.

 

[lfc_sarah]

 

[aramintalovegrove]

Poor hammy

 

[louxlouxbellex]

 

[DebbieM]

Aww, poor Belle. I hope she will be ok. She's been through the mill but sounds like a little toughie xxx

 

[Flame]

Aww poor little Belle. I hope she does make a full recovery.

 

[clairescunny55]

aww no bless her. you sound like a great mummy to her!

 

[sarah113]

awww, hope she will be ok

 

[CoreysMummy]

Awww, Poor Hammy!!

I do hope shes OK. Let us know how it goes tomorrow at the vets.

 

[Storm.]

just took this, she is slightly more upright but god its so hard, everytime I look at her I try not to cry,
she doesnt know or understand, all she knows is she was blissfully asleep when she took flying lessons and now doesnt know which way is up down left or right

http://s355.photobucket.com/albums/r478 ... V87662.flv

 

[badgergirl]

I'm sorry

I don't know if it's any comfort to you, but try to remember that animals don't think the way we do - they live in the present, and in terms of illness they don't have the capacity to think about times when they were well, so as long as they're not suffering, happy, and not in any pain they don't know any different.

 

[Storm.]

I'm sorry

I don't know if it's any comfort to you, but try to remember that animals don't think the way we do - they live in the present, and in terms of illness they don't have the capacity to think about times when they were well, so as long as they're not suffering, happy, and not in any pain they don't know any different.

yea its so hard, I wasnt able to get her back to the vets this afternoon, sounds cruel, but we jsut couldnt do it for various reasons, but the way Im seeing it the vet cant do anythng they just wanted to check up on her, and to us she has defo perked up over night, depsite walking round in circles and she is loving her cuddles still so thats got to be a good sign, still feel really bad though

xx