Hamster with injured leg – possibly broken

[Socks' Mum]

Excellent to hear that she is more comfortable. She is a brave hammy with a good owner

 

[Maz]

Hello. I've been waiting on the dog metacam, I've placed an order and been waiting for their call. Since my last post, Charlie's leg has been fortunately improving. The last time i checked was today, and the bruising was almost completely gone. She even moves it a little, very cheerful news comparing to the time where she would immediately freak out if I blew on it.
I've read all of the posts above again and again to completely understand and I'm still waiting on the med in case something happens. But even without it, she seems to be healing nicely.
One of the vets said the safe dose for her would be .02 ml. I have spare syringes at home from feeding budgie chicks, it's as soon as I get my hands on it.
Thank you for all your help through this time. I've been worried sick something would happen to her. She proved again and again that she's been a fighter from day one. ❤

Aw that is really good news the swelling is going down and she's improving I do think metacam will help as it's anti inflammatory as well as pain relieving and might speed up recovery as she'll feel more comfortable. 0.02mls sounds about right to me

Once open, a bottle of metacam lasts about 6 months (technically but it can last a lot longer according to my vet who always said - that could be useful if you need it for any other pets). I don't know if birds have metacam though Do you have a dog at all?

It's usually a very small bottle but lasts a long time with such a tiny dose, but I used to end up finding I had a fair bit of waste with trying to draw up the dose from one syringe to the other.

The injury must have been very sudden for it to swell and bruise and now be going down. Did the vet actually see her at all or just prescribe the meds?

Does everything look right otherwise? No deformity (like there would be with a dislocation - eg a leg not at the right angle?)