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NutMega870 · 03-25-2020, 09:43 AM

My hamster, Nutmeg, scratches quite a bit and kind of rubs her hips on things, rolling around a bit when I read with her on the couch at night. She is pretty young, a bit more than 4 months old. At first we thought that she was nervous, just marking her territory with her scent glands, but she does this every night she is on the couch. We looked up mites symptoms, and the things that she does fit some of the symptoms, but she has no inflamed or red skin or any fur falling out. Her skin is perfectly normal and her fur is incredibly soft and full. The weird thing is, she only rubs her body on stuff (we think she is maybe trying to scratch herself in another way?) and scratches on the couch. We don't want to take her to the vet unless we have to, because it is very expensive. Does anyone have any advice?

03-25-2020, 09:43 AM
NutMega870 Hamster Pup Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Canada Posts: 58	Mites?! My hamster, Nutmeg, scratches quite a bit and kind of rubs her hips on things, rolling around a bit when I read with her on the couch at night. She is pretty young, a bit more than 4 months old. At first we thought that she was nervous, just marking her territory with her scent glands, but she does this every night she is on the couch. We looked up mites symptoms, and the things that she does fit some of the symptoms, but she has no inflamed or red skin or any fur falling out. Her skin is perfectly normal and her fur is incredibly soft and full. The weird thing is, she only rubs her body on stuff (we think she is maybe trying to scratch herself in another way?) and scratches on the couch. We don't want to take her to the vet unless we have to, because it is very expensive. Does anyone have any advice?