Hamster has swollen eye?

May 2021 5 164 Report

Hamster has swollen eye?

I recently dropped my hamster by accident head first into the side of hard wood, and I think it hit her eye, I know I should've been more careful and I regret doing it and will take any form of punishment, I'm just more worried about my hamster now, I really love her and I don't want her to die.

When she was on the ground she just laid there with her legs out, and her eye was a little pink at the top and her whole eye is blackish-red, and its normally black. She is a Russian Syrian Female Hamster.

Please help!

Update:

Also, her eye is alot bigger than the other.

Thank you for your support everyone!

Pets / Rodents

Mary A

Verified answer

it may have head trauma. you should take it too the vet. just visiting the vet will be about $30. It would cost more for tests and such.

I once had a hamster (died from age) who was hit in the head by my dog and his legs were paralyzed. I loved him so much that I took him to the vet, and he diagnosed his paralization as permanent. (He was rude and said "it doesn't matter. it's only a lab rat anyway.") So in other words, make sure your vet cares about rodents. They know better how to treat them anyway.

I think the strange position from the fall was due to shock. The discoloration could be a hamster-like black eye, but that is what you need to check out. Her eye is most likely suffering from being damaged.