E-MAIL TO DR SING
Jan 8, 2010
Subject: For Doctor Sing (Enquiries on Dwarf Hamster - Ear Irritation)
To: judy@toapayohvets.com
Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 2:58 PM
Dear Doctor Sing,
Happy New Year to you & I hope this email finds you well...
I would like to seek your advice on one of my dwarf hamster. She's currently 1.5yrs old and had been in good health all these while.. Just 2 days ago, i notice that she is excessively scratching her right ear & it became obvious that the outer ear area turns red and slightly sore...
Few months back my other male dwarf hamster (Name) had ear infection as the bathing sand and bedding went into his ear, he recovered after treated by you in Oct 2009. I've since then stopped all bathing sand and switched to towel as bedding for all my hamster. I rule out the possibility of mites or mange as their cage are kept clean and i change their towel twice a day.
I wonder if it helps if i were to purchase from your clinic the same medicines (pink & white colour to stop itchness and prevent inflammation if i remembered correctly) to treat this hamster.
I've enclosed pictures of my hamster and I hope the above information is useful.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Thank you so much & wishing you a good weekend ahead :D
Best regards,
Name of Lady Owner
E-MAIL REPLY FROM DR SING was given to the owner. "It is best to examine the hamster as e-mail pictures are not clear. The owner brought the hamster in for consultation and accepted my advice to get the tumour/swelling on the side of the ear removed. It may become infected or grow larger."
E-MAIL REPLY FROM DR SING
Jan 10, 2010
Subject: Re: For Doctor Sing (Enquiries on Dwarf Hamster - Ear Irritation)
Thanks for pictures of the previous hamster I treated. As I don't read email regularly, pl tel me if you need any answers. In any case, your hamster is OK (after electro-surgery). It has the same inflammation of the ear canal as the previous one. Liquid and black particles inside the ear canal were exposed during surgery to remove the lump outside the ear canal. I thought you had used some ear lotion or normal saline.
E-MAIL TO DR SING
Jan 15, 2010
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Subject: RE: For Doctor Sing (Enquiries on Dwarf Hamster - Ear Irritation)
To: drsing_98@yahoo.com
Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 3:06 PM
Hi Doctor Sing,
It's been 5 days since i brought my hamster back and have fed her with the required medication on a daily basis. She's eating & exercising normally and looking at her ear, the little wound has dried up but she's rather sensitive whenever i tried to clean or remove the layer of dried skin which is in dark red or black color.
Just to check if i can leave it alone, will the dried layer automatically drop off by itself or will there be a likelihood that she may accidentally push it further into her ear?
Thank you.
Regards,
Name of Lady Owner
E-MAIL REPLY FROM DR SING
Jan 16, 2010
I just returned from overseas. The blood clot is the wound left over when the tumour/swelling in the lateral canal of the ear was removed. It will dry up later and replaced by new skin. Remove it slowly. Remove bit by bit with the smallest cotton bud (dipped in warm water). It is hard to say whether the clot will cause a problem, but I don't think it will.
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