May he rest in peace... He must surely know your good intentions before he left. He knows you love him lar. Plus the nine months with you must have been good lo.

hi guys...

my hamster is worrying me..
there's something like.."bengkak" on his hind leg... like.. bulging out.. dunno wadz wrong it her..... like pregnant like tat.. but i dont think she's pregnant cuz i only keep her 1 roborovskii oni....

Whatz wrong with her?
Im being so worried.... izzit a lump?? the Growth thingy like viviensiu's hamster??

Huh... It sounds like she sprained or dislocated her leg. Does your cage have very tall setups she can fall from? I've had many robos but no case like this wor. Then again nothing in my setup is taller than 4 inches other than the wheel. Is she moving ok? Got picture? And what wheel are you using? The ones with gaps in between? Maybe her leg got caught in between. Robos are very tiny after all.

This post has been edited by Jamien: Jan 24 2008, 02:45 AM

Here's some pic.... Can u see the bulge? on the left leg part there....
She's running in the wheel fine... but when she walk.. like a bit "tempang tempang" like tat...

Please weave the wheel with a cardboard paper / manila card. It can even hurt syrians, let alone small robos. As you know, hamsters love the wheels and they will run like crazy inside it. Wrong step and the legs can get into the holes while it's spinning fast... I can't get myself to imagine, it's horror! Hmm... anyway, maybe u should take out the wheel for a while until the leg heals. Constant use of that leg will worsen the condition, I think?

Hope your robo gets well soon!

Wah... Looks painful. I think its leg really got caught in the wheel. Can you imagine, the wheel is spinning very quickly, then suddenly one leg accidentally got caught in 1 of the bars. Then it cannot pull its leg out instantly + the speed of the wheel rolling... It'll be like wrenching the leg out of its sockets with lotsa force...

Cannot be sure la but if it's sprained leg, I dunno if it applies, but one of my GP got its leg caught in the grill before and sorta sprained her leg. The vet advised me to take out any items that can cause her to exercise (like stairs to second level, or putting the food dish and water bottle too far away or in your case the wheel). If possible, put her in a smaller place so she can't do anything but rest. Using the leg too much will make the healing difficult.

So just make her so boring that all she can do is sleep. My robos just sleep when they're bored. My GP's leg healed in about a week la, and results can be seen in a couple of days.

If the situation doesn't get better maybe you should bring to a vet? Though I'm not sure what a vet can do for such a small hamster...

Consider changing your wheel so it won't happen again. The price of a wheel can let your robo be risk free of this kinda situation o...

good luck and I hope she gets better ya?

This post has been edited by Jamien: Jan 24 2008, 08:41 AM

I think your hammy sprained it's leg when running in the wheel. You need to take the wheel out and let the leg heal itself. I think its the wheel that caused the sprain. You might need to consider changing the wheel to those without bars.

i got put hard magazine paper to cover the big gaps in the wheel since the first day i got her. i oso dont know why will become like tat.. as u can see in the picture below.. it was taken on the same time as the rest of the pictures i posted.



Juz let it heal by itself? Do I need to take it to the vet?

Maybe you can get a wheel without holes. From the picture, it looks like the leg can still get stuck. A good quality wheel would be the 6.5inch Silent Spinner

change another wheel bah..even u bring to vet..they cant help by doing surgery..they are too small..

it even hard for me to cut their nails..they are fast & small

hey all.. the curve got petshop not ar?

ps/waa.. dun cut nail lar.. even my ww oso i dun dare, in case cut wrongly..

This post has been edited by jayniel: Jan 24 2008, 08:05 PM

I dont think The Curve got.. u walk to Ikano Power Centre (IKEA) there..
Got one Pet Shop at the 3rd Floor i think~ Called Pet Safari.. quite huge =)

ikano got..curve nop..

but their nails are too long not good for them..but i dint cut also..cause scared will accidently cut something extra off

Don't need to cut, provide lots of bedding for them to dig, it will wear down naturally, unless it's really really long.

The Curve there got pet stall during the flea market. Have to search through all the stalls and there will be a stall selling hamster, GP, scorpions, SG, etc...

Wah so fun flea market in KL, in Kuching is like

when did u saw it?date?

It's a weekend flea market... Daytime lor...

What exactly do they sell in this flea market? Would like to go visit but I am working on weekends

just came back from ikea.. the pet safari hamsters r fed with only oats wor.. very smelly oso.. but is indeed very huge!