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Focus: Small animals - dogs, cats, hamsters, guinea pigs & rabbits

 
Skin Diseases In A Dwarf Hamster
 Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS
 26 October, 2011 		toapayohvets.com 
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THE HOOK - A ROBOROVSKI HAMSTER CAN'T STOP SCRATCHING
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The 10-year-old caregiver asks mum many times: "Please go to the vet." Mum has no time. (Show busy Singaporean mum with two jobs at workplace if possible, taking MRT, bus etc) 

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INTRODUCTION - hamster bites himself. More self-biting wounds -  to treat or not to treat?
If not treated - consequences - cellulitis and death
10-year-old girl is worried. 
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MIDDLE - Picture of cage and home?
what the mother does, what the vet does, what the vet groomer does? Images show hamster has been clipped short by the groomer. Ready for bathing. How do you bathe a hamster?
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HOW TO BATHE A HAMSTER - VIDEO
Will hamster drown? Hamsters are usually given sand-bath (picture of hamster doing a sand bath)  by pet owners. But now, he needs a water bath. What to do?  How to bathe him? Video "How-to"
POST-BATHING - GOES HOME. Medication, bathing and new bedding. Hygiene of cage. 
roborovski dwarf hamster, generalised skin infections, ulces, dandruff, scales, toapayohvets, singapore    
Check out example at: Oro-nasal fistula in the dog
http://www.youtube.com/user/99pups#p/u/1/5AWHpWYWgy4

CONCLUSION - Pictures of other hamsters with skin diseases to be provided by Dr Sing
 
Early treatment of skin diseases means
earlier recovery, lower veterinary cost and more peace of mind to your child who cares for the hamster

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please visit: www.toapayohvets.com, +65 9668-6468, 6254-3326, e-mail judy@toapayohvets.com
 
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CREDITS.
Concept by: Dr Sing Kong Yuen

Video and narration by:



NO copyrighted music or audio to be inside this video
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