help!

[myevilfriend]

a couple weeks ago my hamster{female} was bleeding from her vagina, but I thought nothing of it cuz I read that female hamsters do that a couple times in her life. but today she started bleeding again, and she is absolutely coated in blood, including all of her tail. she's also acting like she's in pain and she is extremely restless, and acting as

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[indierthanyou]

I'm so sorry!! She's still running in her wheel, eating and etc right?

[myevilfriend]

she hasn't been on her wheel in a couple days, and she definately seemed tired so she hasn't, but she was eating/pouching fine

[indierthanyou]

Something simmilar to this happened to my Daisy, but she was fine. She did bleed a bit, but not to the point where it covered her tail. Not running in the wheel seems odd to me. If she's feeling a little cooler to the touch, it could be something serious.

[myevilfriend]

she bled a little before, I'm thinking since she bled so minimally then maybe it's catching up with her now and putting her in pain? I took her out again, after she woke up and she seemed okay, and I let her run around to get some exercise, but now that I put her back in her cage{and gave her fresh lettuce and carrots} she seems to be in that almost-pass out-ish phase again.
I don't think she likes running in her wheel because of what type it is, it's made of just semi-wide wires.
my mom thinks that she somehow may have gotten a sharp piece of bedding stuck while sleeping, too, but I don't think it'd affect her in any other way. not too sure of anything, really

[larca]

I'm sorry, I know how hard it is when things like this happen and you don't know what to do. My first dwarf, Clarice, bled from her vagina. I took her to the nearest animal hospital, and I was told that it was either an infection or something worse, like some kind of reproductive cancer. Assuming that it was an infection, the vet prescribed an antibiotic for her. For the next two weeks, I got up every morning at 8am and administered this antibiotic to Clarice with a little dropper. Yeah, fun stuff. It seemed to work, but a few weeks later she started to bleed again and passed away. :( So, it could be something minor, but you never know. I think you should get her to a vet, but that's tough if your mom doesn't want you to take her. Maybe you could make an appointment for her rather than taking her in on an emergency visit, if money is the problem? I've heard that it's slightly cheaper if you make an appointment. I brought Clarice in late at night without an appointment and it cost about $55, I believe. Good luck, and I

[myevilfriend]

thanks for the advice. I believe she's still bleeding, but her behavior and sleeping patterns have slightly improved. she's still breathing way too heavily and not moving around much, but she's eating lettuce and some fruits and she slept for at least a solid hour. if she's still doing this in the next couple of days, I'll call into a vet to see how much it'd cost. I'm sorry about what happened to your hamster though!

[plush93]

That happened to one of my hamsters years ago. I got antibiotics which helped for a little while but she did eventually pass aways from whatever was wrong. Mine was a syrian though.

[soulofajedi]

I'd take her to the vet. Asap. My hamster Sedona bled like that, although not to the amount, and I took her to the vet. She had cervical cancer. There were two options: give her decent care when she needed it, or do a risky surgery to give her a hysterectomy. We opted to give her decent care. I was at school at the time, so my mom ended up taking care of her. I believe it involved something like this.... From what I understand, when a ham gets cervical cancer, the uterus fills up with blood, which is when they start bleeding. So the care involved something like ocassionally flushing the blood out