dwarf hamster emergency

[amynicole]

my 2 year old russian dwarf hamster got a tumor 7 months ago vets said it was fine and could leave it took her in 2 months ago and they said amputation but once again said could leave it its 3am now and it burst alot of pus and blood was present and hamster is acting extremely aggressive stopped the belleding using tissue any help on what to do is greatly appreciated vets would be atleast 3 days time away

[souffle]

3 days is much too long. Please try and find a vet who will see her today. It sounds as if she is in pain (pain would cause the aggression) and at this age with this sort of problem and a bleeding tumour it would be best to make the decision to give her rest from this pain. Any vet should be able to make her path comfortable.
Hoping she can be seen very soon x

[cypher]

Really sorry to hear this, souffle is right though your poor girl can't wait to see a vet, it does sound as though her time has come now so I hope you can find a vet to help her along very soon.

[Coldpaws]

Hi amynicole,
Oh poor thing, that's a very difficult situation! I know you said the vets is 3 days away, I can't add anymore to Souffle & Cypher's comments as it really is an emergency where you need a professional's help. Do you have an animal hospital you can go to, or have a vet come out to you?
My immediate concern would be the keeping the area of the burst tumour clean, stopping infections & from your hammy from scratching/itching it & stopping that area healing. Also the tumour having become big enough to burst must mean things have become more serious and the situation from 7 and 2 months ago needs reassessing.
Your hammy is probably confused and as Cypher said in pain so needs help asap.
I hope you are ok, I know it must be hard seeing your baby like this.
xx

[amynicole]

update on hamster : aggression has stopped and tumor has decreased in size has scabed up too have changed the bedding to non perfumed kitchen roll and is being changed daily also use tissue to clean the wound 4x a day hamster licks it but doesnt bite is now eating small amounts of food and is drinking more and phoning the vets today