VET CASE STUDY: An old dwarf hamster keeps scratching its large, red and...

 

 

 VET CASE STUDY: An old dwarf hamster keeps scratching its large, red and itchy neck lump. Why? The owner consulted Toa Payoh Vets as the hamster could not stop scratching its large red neck lump day and night. The children were concerned. Family members could hear the loud scratching sounds at night and decided to go to the veterinarian for a check up. 

 

The diagnosis was either a neck tumour or lump. Under anaesthesia, the vet uses a scalpel to lance the lump. Large amounts of pus oozed out. The abscess was drained. 7 days later, the hamster no longer had a neck lump but folds of excessive skin. It was happily eating and exercising on its wheel without having to rub and scratch its neck lump