Hamster Woes

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We've been having gruesome hamster issues. Maggie chewed on Eatey late this spring and she went blind in one eye. We woke up this Saturday morning to her other eye almost falling out of her head after an obvious fight with her sister in the cage. We separated them so now we have 2 cages on the buffet.

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Ds#3 (who owns the hamsters) begged to call the vet. A $35 office visit didn't seem right for a free hamster, but it also didn't seem right to just let her suffer. On Monday, he asked if he could pay for the vet out of his allowance. We said, "yes" and got her in to the vet this morning (so much for school this morning). The Dr. handled her pretty roughly for her injured state and when we got home, her eye that went blind in spring time just fell out (I haven't told Drew, yet). So, $50 later, the Dr. gave us antibiotics to give her 2x/day with the warning that she may not make it through. I am quite rattled by it all. Drew is incredibly optimistic and appreciative that he was allowed to do all he could to care for his charge.

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(A blind hamster with one eye that just fell out and the other swollen with puss & infection and my little boy praying so confidently) His prayers and optimism are almost heartbreaking considering what bad shape she is in. I keep thinking of all the suffering people in the world and the fact that my prayers are all for a hamster....