I am feeling very depress now, having this feeling that my small little hamster is going to leave us very soon... My little hamster, we call her Rafa and I call her 'hamster-hamster'... She is suffering from some kind of cancer in her body, which seems to be affecting her whole left side of her body... causing her hind legs to become so stiff that she has difficulties in walking... she will fall or roll over when she walks... she has to drag herself to move using her two front legs. Her eyes are having cataract, one of her ears has a growth and somewhere near her private part and tail has an open wound that is constantly bleeding. She is in a very critical condition now...
It all started on last Monday when I noticed a lump growing on her left ear... I have brought her to the vet on last Tuesday night, but at that time my mum and I had only noticed the growth which looks like a lump/blister on her left ear. The vet saw the condition of my hamster, she said my hamster is to old to go through an operation. She could only help by prescribing some antibotic and medication. That night, the vet assistant helped in feeding antibotic and some other medications to my hamster. Soon after we brought it home, we started seeing patches of blood on the bedding in the tank. We realized that she seems to be peeing blood. Things didn't seem right but my mum continued feeding her with the medication prescribed by the vet. We thought that situation was just temporary, however not. I find it unbearable to see my hamster peeing with blood and it seems to have lost her balance in sitting up straight... which also caused difficulties in drinking water from the water dropper... She looks really pitiful whenever I look at her... And so I called up the vet to make another appointment last night and brought my hamster to the vet again today...
Today my hamster's condition has worsened after bleeding for so many days... I could see that she is becoming weaker and weaker... Previously, she still has the appetite to eat despite not having the ability to drink water on her own. But now, it seems to have even lost her appetite and is always sleeping most of the time. She looks really weak, skinny and tired. It seems like a symptom that she is going to leave us soon. This was the same thing that happened to my other hamster, Nadal. When they start to lost their appetite and begin to sleep alot, it is the symptom of... I don't want to think about it.
Thinking of it makes me cry... It is really sad, knowing that she is soon going...
On one hand, my mum says that it will be better for her to go so that she does not need to suffer... she kept saying that I am wasting my money to bring it to the vet... but on the other, I can't bear to see her go... everyday I pray for God to save and heal her, so that she could stay on longer with us. I brought it to the vet coz I want the vet to save her. However, there was nothing much that the vet can do too... I know my hamster has been with us for more than 3 years... It is a sign of old age when hamsters get such sicknesses.
I have this fear to see my hamster with no more breathing whenever I wake up the next day or when I come back from work. I am not hoping to see this happen but I know some things are inevitable. I feel so helpless and can only pray for the best during this time coz I know my little hamster is battling against the cancerous cells in her body...
No matter what, I love my 'hamster-hamster' and really do not want her to go... :(
It all started on last Monday when I noticed a lump growing on her left ear... I have brought her to the vet on last Tuesday night, but at that time my mum and I had only noticed the growth which looks like a lump/blister on her left ear. The vet saw the condition of my hamster, she said my hamster is to old to go through an operation. She could only help by prescribing some antibotic and medication. That night, the vet assistant helped in feeding antibotic and some other medications to my hamster. Soon after we brought it home, we started seeing patches of blood on the bedding in the tank. We realized that she seems to be peeing blood. Things didn't seem right but my mum continued feeding her with the medication prescribed by the vet. We thought that situation was just temporary, however not. I find it unbearable to see my hamster peeing with blood and it seems to have lost her balance in sitting up straight... which also caused difficulties in drinking water from the water dropper... She looks really pitiful whenever I look at her... And so I called up the vet to make another appointment last night and brought my hamster to the vet again today...
Today my hamster's condition has worsened after bleeding for so many days... I could see that she is becoming weaker and weaker... Previously, she still has the appetite to eat despite not having the ability to drink water on her own. But now, it seems to have even lost her appetite and is always sleeping most of the time. She looks really weak, skinny and tired. It seems like a symptom that she is going to leave us soon. This was the same thing that happened to my other hamster, Nadal. When they start to lost their appetite and begin to sleep alot, it is the symptom of... I don't want to think about it.
Thinking of it makes me cry... It is really sad, knowing that she is soon going...
On one hand, my mum says that it will be better for her to go so that she does not need to suffer... she kept saying that I am wasting my money to bring it to the vet... but on the other, I can't bear to see her go... everyday I pray for God to save and heal her, so that she could stay on longer with us. I brought it to the vet coz I want the vet to save her. However, there was nothing much that the vet can do too... I know my hamster has been with us for more than 3 years... It is a sign of old age when hamsters get such sicknesses.
I have this fear to see my hamster with no more breathing whenever I wake up the next day or when I come back from work. I am not hoping to see this happen but I know some things are inevitable. I feel so helpless and can only pray for the best during this time coz I know my little hamster is battling against the cancerous cells in her body...
No matter what, I love my 'hamster-hamster' and really do not want her to go... :(
