Red nose and cheeks on Syrian?

[xosunflowerox]

Hi everyone. My hamster seems to have a red nose and some baldness on her cheeks. I don't have a wire cage, so I'm not sure what could be causing this. I looked it up and saw possibly mites could cause redness/baldness. I have watched her and she grooms/scratches herself for a good hour or two after waking up. This is my first hamster, so I'm not sure what's normal and not normal. I was told this is normal behavior, though.
I noticed that other hamsters seem to have pale pink noses, not red. After the two hours or so of grooming, she moves around the cage a lot and doesn't seem to scratch/groom. I watched her for over an hour moving about just to see what she does at night. Does anyone know what this could be? Thanks!

[cypher]

That looks like the sort of pattern you get from bar chewing, I know (or think!) she's in a tank cage but I would still check to see if there is anything anywhere she may have been pushing her nose into, a small hole or gap somewhere.

[Pebbles82]

I said the same (bar chewing possibly) but it might be just a normal pattern for a dark hamster (have just seen SKB's photos of liquorice and she looks the same!). Darker pink/red nose and the little patches at the side.

[Pebbles82]

On Liquorice it seems to be where the whiskers protrude from that it's a lighter colour.