Update: Balto

Balto seems much better after the abscess was removed :)
He's got his energy back, and it's a little more difficult to apply salve to the wound.
When it comes to the antibiotics I'm really impressed by how easy it is to give it to him, he swallows it without much fighting and doesn't spit out even a little droplet ^^

His eyes or rather his pupils is still white, thought. I can see that the whiteness in his eyes is dependent on the light and therefore the size of the pupil. And when I think back on the night I found him lying in the cage it was very dark so his pupils should be extracted so the whole eye would seem white to me.

I've tried to ask on a Norwegian hamster forum, but I've haven't got any answer, so I think I'll ask on an international forum to see if anyone seems to know what this is. I also think I will send some photos (the two bellow) to the vet, as it seems to me like they diden't check his eyes properly.

After surfing on the net a little searching for his symptoms I've begin to suspect cataract, as I he doesn't have problems with runny or sticky eyes I don't think is an eye infection, but I'm not an expert. And since he is on antibiotics shouldn't any infection been better by now? To me it seems like Balto has no problems with his eyes hurting, but it seems like he has lost some of his eyesight, as it seemed as he had some problems finding water in his cage, but I think that's solved after I gave him a water dish in addition to his water bottle).


Some pictures were you can see his white pupils (they were taken while he explored the bathroom after last evenings dose of medicine). Please click on the pictures to make them bigger.