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Old 06-13-2016, 11:21 AM  
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Default Re: Andover Show (SHC) - 11th June

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Originally Posted by pinkneon View Post
Fluffagrams, what is skin splitting?
Some Chinese Hamsters develop what is basically a little cut in the skin on the neck. As yet there's no known cause for them and some Chineseys can get them more than once but as far as my research shows, they've not been reported in other species of hamster.

Here's a photo that I took of Jessie when her first one appeared...

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