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I work in a petstore and we recently acquired a sick winter white dwarf hamster. We are trying to get her into the vet so we can get a diagnosis and medicine. She's not eating the pelleted food or veggies. I offered her some critical care last night and she seemed to take to it well and I left a bowl of it with her which it looked like she ate a bit of. She was 14 grams last night and 16 grams this morning. She's still pretty weak and looks really rough. I tried syringe feeding her some more critical care and she took about 1cc of it before losing interest. I left the remainder in a bowl with her. She also seems to be drinking water normally. She doesn't appear to be defecating much though. We put her in our sick room about 12pm yesterday and I cleaned her cage at roughly 8am today and only found a couple poops.
I am off the next 2 days but I want to leave my coworkers with ample instructions on how to best help her. Right now I have it written to give her fresh critical care AM and PM. I would also like to push for them to offer her some from a syringe so we can monitor her intake a little more. They should be weighing her every AM too.
Is 1cc a normal amount for them to eat in one sitting? She's very thin.
Here's a picture of her, I'm going to provide it in link format as I don't want to trigger anyone. She is in rough condition and we think she may have been attacked before we could separate her from cage mates.
I am off the next 2 days but I want to leave my coworkers with ample instructions on how to best help her. Right now I have it written to give her fresh critical care AM and PM. I would also like to push for them to offer her some from a syringe so we can monitor her intake a little more. They should be weighing her every AM too.
Is 1cc a normal amount for them to eat in one sitting? She's very thin.
Here's a picture of her, I'm going to provide it in link format as I don't want to trigger anyone. She is in rough condition and we think she may have been attacked before we could separate her from cage mates.