A 2-year-old dwarf hamster has a bleeding lump Pt 1
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 20/04/2016

Wed Apr 20, 2016. Rainy day.

I was on the way to Queen's Veterinary Surgery when I got a call from my office. A 71-g dwarf hamster probably had bitten her tumour on the left chest, measuring 5 mm x 6 mm, looking like a tick. It was bleeding profusely. 

The owner came today to get the lump removed. There was another skin wart on the right upper lip, around 2mm x 2 mm. 

Electro-surgery excised the two lumps.The owner, a young man in his early 30s was happy. He had scheduled tomorrow for operation but now it was done. 

This hamster is overweight and I had to be very careful that she did not die from gas anaesthesia. Vigilant monitoring. 5% gas for less than 30 seconds, the hamster was knocked out flat for a much longer time than normal healthy hamsters at 50g. 

I used the circular wire loop of lmy electrocauery set to cut out the wart and skin tumour.