hey guys so in today's video I thought it would be a good idea to show you guys
what I keep in my hamster first-aid kit I want to make a huge disclaimer and say
that a hamster first-aid kit never replaces vet care a hamster first-aid
kit is just meant to help in the moment if an accident happens you can start to
help it immediately while you work on getting an appointment to go see the vet
or if you can't get into the vet right away it can help in the meantime so one
of the first things that I have in my first-aid kit is 1ML syringes
without the needle these can have many many different uses one being obviously
giving your hamster medication but these can be also used to force-feed your
hamster any liquid foods or rehydration solution if they're dehydrated now if
your hamster is dehydrated you can quickly test this by pinching the back
skin and like pulling it up gently and letting go if the skin immediately
retracts back into your hamsters body then they're hydrated and if the skin
kind of stays at a peak and slowly goes down your hamsters on the dehydrated
side also keep in mind when you're syringe feeding anything to your hamster you
don't want to do it from the front here you want to feed it from the side if you
feed it from the front your hamster can actually choke the next thing I have
here is just some cotton pads and q-tips these can be useful for cleaning up any
wounds if you need to or applying any type of topical ointments or treatments
the next thing I have here is a Pedialyte electrolyte unflavored
basically what this is is this helps if your hamsters dehydrated it's non
flavored it comes in like this is a very large container and it's pretty cheap
but basically it's good for rehydrating your hamster the next thing in my
first-aid kit is I like to have baby food
baby food can be good for hamsters who have lost any teeth and there having
difficulties eating or an elder hamster who can't chew hard foods anymore as
well as an underweight hamster baby food is really great you basically just want
to choose something that's on the healthier side try to not pick a soul
fruit one because that's gonna have a ton of sugar the one I have here is
banana, sweet potato, blueberry and brown rice and you're also gonna just want to
make sure that it has pretty minimal ingredients nothing too crazy that you
can't pronounce this one here just says it has no sugar added no salt added no
artificial flavors or colors and no fillers the next thing that I really
really like to have on hand is fresh thyme now this obviously is a fresh
food so I do actually keep this in the freezer so that it doesn't go bad but
thyme is a herb that you can steep into a tea and then it can work as a
disinfectant for any wounds as well as if your hamster gets a respiratory
infection this can really help if you're not able to get to the vet right away
this can help in the meantime then the next thing that I have in my hamster
first-aid kit is an electric heating pad as well as you should have
hand warmers and cooling pads an electric heating pad can be really
helpful if your hamster gets sick because a stick hamster isn't going
to have a ton of energy to keep its body temperature up so it's really important
that you can keep your hamster warm and this can be very helpful now because
this is electric if the power goes out this will not work which is why you want
to have hand warmers and hand warmers are just...... hand warmers that you can crack I
currently don't have any to show but they can last a couple of hours and they
can be great if your power goes out and you need to keep your hamster warm same
goes for cooling pads these are good if you're having a heatwave and your power
goes out and you need to keep your hamster cool the next thing that's
really helpful and pretty important is a kitchen scale this is for weighing your
hamster if your hamster suddenly is losing a lot of weight at a time
gaining a lot of weight at a time it can indicate that something is wrong with
your hamster and that you should go see a vet another thing I have is critical
care this is good for an underweight hamster or just a sick hamster that
needs some extra supplements another helpful thing to have in your kit which
I currently don't have because it is quite hard for me to get ahold of but
that is bene bac this is basically a prebiotic that you would give before you
give antibiotics and it can help with your hamsters gut because antibiotics
can be really harsh on the gut so if you can't get a hold of these you can use
plain yogurt as a replacement and the last thing that you're gonna want to
have in your hamsters first-aid kit is write down your regular vets number as
well as if you have an emergency vet write their number down on a piece of
paper and put that in your emergency kit if something happens to your hamster and
you're in a panic it can be really hard to remember numbers and things so it's
really good to just have the number right in front of you so you can call
right away so I really hope this video could give others an idea of what they
should be putting in their hamster first-aid kit there of course as other
little things that you can include in your first-aid kit but this is just what
I put it in mine as well as not everything stays in one container
because a lot of these things do need to stay in the freezer or fridge or other
areas of the house but yeah I hope you guys have enjoyed thank you for watching
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