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Bleeding and injury

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Question
Is there a specific type of vitamin drop to get that will help her or anything like that? And if so, do you know where I could find it?
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Followup To

Question -
My hamster got out last night and when I found her she wasnt moving her front left paw, she also had some bleeding from the back of her body, in the butt area. I have been keeping an eye on her ever since and she doesnt seem to be doing anything but sleep and she is staying in the petting area of the cage... What do I do? And what do you think could be the reason?

Answer -
poor hammy. she's hurt pretty badly. she is not going to eat because she's in pain and the best thing to do is to try and put food and water close to her or put her near it. I would try to call a vet and see what else you can do or buy to use to help her heal. I would also buy some vitamin drops to help her out since she's not feeling too well and this does help her body get vital nutrients.

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my hamster uses oasis vitamin drops and you can find them at petsmart. I love them and a a little goes a very long way. The little bottle lasts for months!! You may have to use the dropper that it comes with to feed her water as well since she may refuse to drink and if she refuses to drink then she can get sicker much faster. At work I would use a dropper and force feed them water and it did help them out a lot.