I have a long haired Syrian hamster, she loves to play at night when she wakes up, but the thing is I have to get to bed at 9:30, and that’s about the time that she wakes up, sometimes she’s so crazy that I can’t even go to sleep since she’s biting the cage door and going coo-coo! I do play with her in the morning but that doesn’t seem to help. Any suggestions? P.S>- One time she got so crazy that she broke the cage and escaped, I found her sleeping in the corner of the bathroom the next morning, I got so scared and sad for her, because that means she REALLY wants to play. What should I do?

He was hiding and hissing but I spent a lot of time with him and he was no longer afraid. He became very affectionate with me all day and really relaxed. Since I cleaned his eyes and gave drops this evening he is now hiding behind the couch and doesn’t want to be near me. All the trust work has been undone and I’m feeling disheartened. I don’t want him to be afraid of me! But I don’t want to stop the drops until the course is done. He is 8 weeks, and I just don’t know what the best thing to do is to ensure he is not scared. I’m being as gentle as possible when applying the drops. Any advice is most welcome! Thanks

The kitten was born ca. 4 weeks ago. it had two litter mates, one was born dead: The second one was totally normal, but found dead 3 days later in the morning. It had a wet/sticky mouth, but otherwise everything seemed normal.
The last one had also a wet/sticky mouth a few days later (ca. 1 week age) with little blisters on its tongue. Otherwise it was normal, it still got enough milk from its mother.
With ca. 2 weeks the kitten and its mother showed symptoms of cat flu, and it was also seen that the kitten was staying rather small, but otherwise normally developed.

The vet prescribed amoxcillin for both mother and baby. And an ointment for the eyes, as they were also affected. After 2 days the kitten had to be force-fed because it couldn’t suckle anymore. But it could be fed with the syringe without problem and ate with huge appetite. This was going for one week, with it’s general state of health being okay despite the cat flu. It had some discharge on eyes and nose, but it was otherwise still active and aware. He really is a little fighter, despite staying rather small.

During last week it finally seemed to get better, until friday morning we found it with heavier breathing. One eye was fine, the other closed with discharge. It still had appetite though. On Sunday the breathing was bad, but it could still swallow.

Today the breathing is really bad, it has to use its stomach to breath and also opens its mouth to help breathing (but no real gasping). It has difficulty swallowing and seems to have mucus in its throat. The nose is mostly dry, only few discharge. The infected eye has now a cloudy cornea, despite the eye antibitoics. It is also very restless, walks a few steps, then lays flat down. It’s easily seen that it doesn’t get enougn oxygen.
The vet said it most likely has developed pneumonia. It got something that should help its lung with breathing, and I should continue to give fluids and feeding as long as it will/could swallow. Of course it still gets antibiotics.

What can I do to help the little one with breathing? Should I let it inhale?

Depending on how it looks tomorrow I may have to euthanize it, as I don’t want it to suffocate :(.

Also is licking that area. Is there anything we can do to calm him.

This rabbit is a cottontail

Hi! I’ve recently adopted a kitten from a family member. The kitten previously belonged to a child, and has a round hairless mark on her front paw. The child has been known to recklessly play with lighters, and I’m unsure if I’m right to think that he (the child) had possibly burned the kitten, or if the kitten has some type of infection. Any help at all would be appreciated.

Can 1 dog get an ear infection from another dog? She didn’t have an ear infection 3 days ago when I took her to the vet. That day I let her mother come over & spend the night for a play date & she has ear infections in both ears & 1 is really bad. The owner doesn’t take care of the mother like I do my dogs. BJ’s has a tendency to get ear infections so I have medicated wash & a RX on hand for her. I wash her ears out once a week, but this morning her ear is red and she’s scratching it. I started her redgiment again & put her cone collar on so she doesn’t scratch.

I wouldn’t be thinking this if she hadn’t just seen her vet for her 6 months check up and nothing was wrong with her ears.

My dog had an ear infection that lasted for 3 months about 9 months ago. She went back 6 months ago for some more meds & got rid of it then. She’s 14 months old and a Corkie

Why is my 3 month old kitten having frequent erections? It just started today but his penis has been sticking out alot.

My cat all this week she has been plump and the kitten(s) have been moving around a lot. However, today, all of a sudden, she is thinner – Is everything okay? She’s acting strange and still in dire need of attention.

Took my dog for a walk and she got termite all over how do I get rid of them? And are they harmful?