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minnieandhammy · 06-12-2019, 02:49 PM

Any advice about my Russian hamster Snowball? He's male, 1 year 10 months old and 2 weeks ago he started running round in circles and twirling, falling over and he seems disorientated and hyper/manic. He's been to the vet who ruled out an ear infection and best guess was a tumour in his brain effecting the nerves. I took him back today as there has been no change . He spent about an hour in his carry case circling. Obviously it is difficult to diagnose or treat a small hamster. She was concerned about how manic he was and said that it was like a compulsion. Advice was if he was doing this all the time he would be best put down. But as he is not we're not doing that. He still stops to sleep which he does most of the time and he eats and grooms himself. Any ideas? I'm just keeping him comfy. Funny how its not changing in any direction.

06-12-2019, 02:49 PM
minnieandhammy Hamster Pup Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: scotland Posts: 67	russian hamster circling and twirling Any advice about my Russian hamster Snowball? He's male, 1 year 10 months old and 2 weeks ago he started running round in circles and twirling, falling over and he seems disorientated and hyper/manic. He's been to the vet who ruled out an ear infection and best guess was a tumour in his brain effecting the nerves. I took him back today as there has been no change . He spent about an hour in his carry case circling. Obviously it is difficult to diagnose or treat a small hamster. She was concerned about how manic he was and said that it was like a compulsion. Advice was if he was doing this all the time he would be best put down. But as he is not we're not doing that. He still stops to sleep which he does most of the time and he eats and grooms himself. Any ideas? I'm just keeping him comfy. Funny how its not changing in any direction.