Hi Guys. Can anyone tell me if these `hip spots` appear in male roborovski hamsters at all? One of my older males developed a `round` tumour like lump under his downy fur on his side and I suspected it was a tumour and kept an eye on it to see if it would grow very large.
A week later, it had burst! It now looks like a baldy mass with fur around it, Tubs has chewed a hole in the centre of it and it has`nt went away.
I`ve got fresh Baytril here for one of my elderly gerbils who had his teeth trimmed a few days ago, but did`nt want to put any in the hamsters water incase he stopped drinking as Baytril tastes vile. He`s eating and playing away as normal and I have also put veterinary wound powder on the open wound to stop infection, but I still don`t know what this lump is. I first thought tumour, then when it burst, I thought abscess, now I don`t really know.
I can`t take a photo unfortunately as I have no digital camera. But the lump is a hard mass and looks static . I doubt anything can be done for him unless the vet thought it was operable, but that`s risky in itself. Now that it`s actually burst, the wound is open and it`s basically antibiotics, wound powder and fingers crossed.
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