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Date:   08 August, 2011  
Focus: Small animals - dogs, cats, hamsters, guinea pigs, turtles &
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Break A Leg?
Break A Ear?
Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS
Date:   08 August, 2011   		toapayohvets.com 
Be Kind To Pets
Veterinary Education
Project 2010-0129
"Break a leg" is used to mean "Good Luck" to a theatre performer. You don't say "good luck" to a theatre performer. Well, in the two sibling hamsters I operated upon recently, I was reminded of the theatrical term "break a leg". Well, I really had to break a leg to save her life. Her sibling with foul smelly ear? I had to "break a ear" literally to save her life! Their lady owner now has no more worry lines since the two squeaky hamsters have behaved normally now and one does not have body odour anymore 

See pictures of my follow-up of two sibling hamsters operated 14 days ago and reported in My 3 dwarf hamsters post-operation as follows:
 
BREAK A LEG
dwarf hamster, 2 years, small leg pimple to huge bony tumour in 4 weeks, amputation,toapayohvets 14 days ago, an explosive bony growth on her left hind leg  
dwarf hamster, 2 years, small leg pimple to huge bony tumour in 4 weeks, amputation,toapayohvets dwarf hamster, 2 years, small leg pimple to huge bony tumour in 4 weeks, amputation,toapayohvets Leg amputation surgery
  dwarf hamster, 2 years, small leg pimple to huge bony tumour in 4 weeks, amputation,toapayohvets
BREAK A EAR
over-powering bad decaying smell, dwarf hamster, right ear, toapayohvets singapore 14 days ago, bad body odour Ear canal ablation surgery
over-powering bad decaying smell, dwarf hamster, right ear, toapayohvets singapore over-powering bad decaying smell, dwarf hamster, right ear, toapayohvets singapore over-powering bad decaying smell, dwarf hamster, right ear, toapayohvets singapore
tpvets_logo.jpg (2726 bytes)4415- 4423. Two older sibling hamsters are normal and active 14 days after surgery. A much earlier veterinary treatment would have saved a lot of worries and reduced risks. But Singaporeans live in a hectic world and it is difficult to advise "early detection saves lives"! It so happens that there are two happy endings for the siblings. It is not a given that hamsters will survive the anaesthesias and handling surgical stresses. 

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