Singaporeans research the internet. This young lady owner in her mid 20s correctly diagnosed the red piece of tissue hanging out from the right side of her hamster's mouth as everted cheek pouch as she had watched a Youtube video from Toa Payoh Vets.
The right cheek pouch was inflamed and gangrenous in some areas. Under isoflurane gas anaesthesia, the vet cut away the cheek pouch with a scalpel. Then he stitch up the remaining part with two 3/0 absorbable stitches. The hamster woke up in less than 3 minutes after the end of anaesthesia.
If you scrutinise, the right eyelid of the hamster was bald and wet. It had tears as the hamster was crying in pain trying to pull out the pouch.
She was very happy to get her beloved hamster home on the same day, in the evening, after surgery.
Another video of a case at Toa Payoh Vets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJw7JX4CC9g
Case 3. A 6-month-old dwarf hamster has an everted cheek pouch
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| 6-month-old dwarf hamster |
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