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Old 11-02-2021, 03:37 PM  
Ria P
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
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Default Bar chewing injury?

My rescue Syrian hamster Joe has this bump on his face.

He lived in a tiny cage that was all metal bars, the shelves were metal bars, even the access ramp was a metal spiral.

His face is like nose - dent - bump so i assumed that the bump is caused by consistent bar chewing.

He doesn't bar chew now because he has a wheel to run in, food to forage for, nests to build etc.

I'm just looking for people's opinions here in case i'm missing something.
My querie is: is the bump likely to be from bar chewing or could it be something i should get checked out by the vet?

Joe is fine with getting picked up and stroked but he doesn't like me touching his face.
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