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Pebbles82 · 08-11-2021, 04:30 AM

It could well be a tumour - how old is your hamster? I just had a lump removed from our Syrian hamster at the age of 21 months and he recovered really well. The lump was malignant but had been removed cleanly so the view was it hadn’t spread. You definitely need a vet opinion though - and it needs to be an exotic vet. They know more about hamsters and tend to be better surgeons as well - in my experience they don’t cost any different to any other vet. It’s possible it’s an abscess, which could be drained. Whereabouts is the lump? Scent gland tumours are common and that is what our hammy had.

08-11-2021, 04:30 AM
Pebbles82 Hamster Antics Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 23,533	Re: Cherry sized lesion on hammie It could well be a tumour - how old is your hamster? I just had a lump removed from our Syrian hamster at the age of 21 months and he recovered really well. The lump was malignant but had been removed cleanly so the view was it hadn’t spread. You definitely need a vet opinion though - and it needs to be an exotic vet. They know more about hamsters and tend to be better surgeons as well - in my experience they don’t cost any different to any other vet. It’s possible it’s an abscess, which could be drained. Whereabouts is the lump? Scent gland tumours are common and that is what our hammy had.