hi everyone!

I'm a proud Campbell and WW owner.

But there is one thing that made my heart sank : there's something wrong with both of Campbell hamsters.
One is Mika Mouse and the other one is Harry Berry.

Mika Mouse is pooing blood. I noticed that yesterday and I tried to google it all day long. There are too many diseases that show the same symptom.

As for Harry, I noticed a hard lump above its anus. I'm not sure what it is. Again, I've googled it and it stated there that the hamster is either inflicted with ovarian cancer, tumour, rectal prolapse or just constipation. i felt so helpless now and I don't want to give up on them .

I feed them with Harry Hamster mixed with Delikate. Sometimes I give them treats like cucumber slices(very small pieces), broccoli, milky dog biscuits or hard- boiled egg white. I alternate between every treat weekly.

Both of them are females and they are very good friends. They are with me for about 6 months already. They did not lose any weight and still run around and hoard their food.

I've been thinking of taking them to the vets but I am not sure if they treat hamsters.

Any advice from the experts?

My mika mouse ( the one with huge ears)

Harry loves to sleep on her back while eating



I really hope I can get some advice here as I uber-love them. They are my first hamsters and I do not want to lose them although I have more them 20 hamsters now. (They are my only Campbell).

* sob sob*

can't imagine life without these two babies

This post has been edited by jeanjean: Sep 3 2008, 08:40 PM


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they started to get really fat after 'Mumued Star' was dead because of wet tail.

i din give them pedigree cz those stuff might contain garlic. i gave them dog biscuits that tasted like milk.

i called the vet already but she'll charge me more than RM 50 per hamster.

i am willing to pay but i don't want to get cheated.

that's why i hope through this forum, i can ask all those hammies lovers to at least share their experience or advice.

their cage will be cleaned every 3-4 days because they urinated and pooed a lot. so in terms of hygiene,I think I am doing my best already.

they are fed with vitamins too.

i haven't tried nezu's organic or survivor powder. will these things help?

hmm...

the dog biscuit- feed once a month.
staple food- Harry Hamster and Delikate
vitamin supplement- Delikate Vita-Drip

so can anyone tell me what's with the hard lump on and anal bleeding on hamster?

the poo with comes with blood.

should i get them to a vet a.s.a.p ?

i faced that before with my Winter White( Pikachu and Raichu). They lost their fur around the limbs and stomach.

i din have to go to the vets at all as i have googled about it before.

you must thoroughly clean the cage and dry it properly.

the affected area must be sprayed with hamster shampoo and you must dry it.

i find that feeding egg whites help tremendously.this is not what i say, but it's proven scientifically. proteins help in building healthier hair in hamsters( human too).

put a small container with sand bath in the cage. they seriously love to roll on it. the sand is supposed to pick up dust and other fine dirty stuff on hamsters' hair.