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Vierville · 02-24-2020, 05:20 PM

Hi everyone.

Nanuk, my winter white hybrid, has had a very long standing weepy eye as a result of a chronic bone infection as some of you might already know. He ia a wonderful hamster and is full of life and character and despite the condition he has he still lives a very normal hamster life.

He's on metacam permanently to reduce the irritation and inflammation but despite this he sometimes seems to scratch around his eye and behind his ear, leaving it pink and inflamed. Oddly this seems to be the case at night mostly even though he takes the metacam twice a day.

He goes for regular checkups to the vet and about six weeks ago he had his nails trimmed by the vet.

This evening his eye and ear areas were looking like he'd been scratching so I checked his nails and they were very long indeed. I was surprised that they had grown so much so quickly so decided to give them a quick trim which I don't usually do myself.

He's very squirmy and I didn't want to overly stress him so I took my time and just took the very tip off each nail so it basically wasn't sharp or curved but as I was doing the last nail he somehow moved and I took a bit more off the nail than intended, resulting in a little bit of blood.

I feel absolutely terrible about this as I know that their nails are very sensitive and it is very painful if they are overtrimmed.

He did clearly feel it as he licked that paw straight away and was protecting it for a few minutes afterwards. Not wanting any infection, I dabbed a bit of saline solution onto the paw and gently put him back. The blood stopped very quickly and within ten minutes he was running on his wheel but I just wanted to ask if anyone has any advice of anything I can do in the next few days to check that it is healing and keep possible infection at bay?

I feel so terrible about hurting him, he's such a precious little boy and has been through so much so bravely.

02-24-2020, 05:20 PM
Vierville Hamster Addict Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 1,010	Hamster bleeding nail Hi everyone. Nanuk, my winter white hybrid, has had a very long standing weepy eye as a result of a chronic bone infection as some of you might already know. He ia a wonderful hamster and is full of life and character and despite the condition he has he still lives a very normal hamster life. He's on metacam permanently to reduce the irritation and inflammation but despite this he sometimes seems to scratch around his eye and behind his ear, leaving it pink and inflamed. Oddly this seems to be the case at night mostly even though he takes the metacam twice a day. He goes for regular checkups to the vet and about six weeks ago he had his nails trimmed by the vet. This evening his eye and ear areas were looking like he'd been scratching so I checked his nails and they were very long indeed. I was surprised that they had grown so much so quickly so decided to give them a quick trim which I don't usually do myself. He's very squirmy and I didn't want to overly stress him so I took my time and just took the very tip off each nail so it basically wasn't sharp or curved but as I was doing the last nail he somehow moved and I took a bit more off the nail than intended, resulting in a little bit of blood. I feel absolutely terrible about this as I know that their nails are very sensitive and it is very painful if they are overtrimmed. He did clearly feel it as he licked that paw straight away and was protecting it for a few minutes afterwards. Not wanting any infection, I dabbed a bit of saline solution onto the paw and gently put him back. The blood stopped very quickly and within ten minutes he was running on his wheel but I just wanted to ask if anyone has any advice of anything I can do in the next few days to check that it is healing and keep possible infection at bay? I feel so terrible about hurting him, he's such a precious little boy and has been through so much so bravely.