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Ria P · 09-27-2022, 03:09 PM

That's true. A vet will insist on examining a hamster first but after that they are willing to talk over the phone as a follow up. I think it's a policy they have to adhere to which was lifted during the pandemic and then re instated.

I would go to a different vet practice. One that has the facility to do an ultrasound scan on hamsters. My vets do and they are not an exotics vetenary surgery.

I think that what Serendipity's vet meant was, regardless of whether a tumor is malignant or not, it is still a mass that will press against vital organs and possibly affect their function.

If it is a fluid filled cyst for example and not a tumor then maybe it could be drained.

09-27-2022, 03:09 PM
Ria P House of Hamsters Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,103	Re: Pyometra or something else? That's true. A vet will insist on examining a hamster first but after that they are willing to talk over the phone as a follow up. I think it's a policy they have to adhere to which was lifted during the pandemic and then re instated. I would go to a different vet practice. One that has the facility to do an ultrasound scan on hamsters. My vets do and they are not an exotics vetenary surgery. I think that what Serendipity's vet meant was, regardless of whether a tumor is malignant or not, it is still a mass that will press against vital organs and possibly affect their function. If it is a fluid filled cyst for example and not a tumor then maybe it could be drained.