Four in-patients at Toa Payoh Vets -  3 dwarf hamsters and a terrapin
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 09/06/2015

Friday Jun 7, 2015.

This video by Dr Sing Kong Yuen shows 3 in-patient dwarf hamsters in Singapore with different medical conditions warded around the same time at Toa Payoh Vets and a terrapin with swollen and closed eyes. The hamster and terrapin cases are examples of health  conditions commonly seen at Toa Payoh Vets.    

Three in-patient hamster cases being treated are as follows:

1. Dwarf hamster with recurring abscess below the left lower eyelid. I incise the abscess for the 3rd time in 4 weeks.  

The mother and primary school daughter were taught how to express the pus at home as it will take some time to drain the pus.

2. Another dwarf hamster with a subcutaneous lump excised 3 days ago is treated and given medication. Many older dwarf hamsters (over one year old) have skin subcutaneous tumours and the majority can be successfully and safely removed at Toa Payoh Vets using anaesthesia. 

3. A 4-month-old Roborovski dwarf hamster was bitten by his sibling yesterday. The expatriate owner brought him in for stitching as the wound was too large. He goes home today and has to be separated from his sibling. 

4. A young terrapin has swollen and closed eyes for over 2 weeks. He was fed shrimps only. He is being given medication directly and via the water and eye drops. The eyes are less swollen after one week but do not open.