Hamster bleeding from vulva

RE: Hamster bleeding from vulva

Kay Varley — Fri, 12 May 2017 13:36:45 GMT

I enjoyed delegating it to my colleague who happened to be on ops!

RE: Hamster bleeding from vulva

Neil Wheadon — Fri, 12 May 2017 09:40:12 GMT

Great!!

Did you enjoy the op?

Neil

RE: Hamster bleeding from vulva

Kay Varley — Thu, 11 May 2017 17:30:59 GMT

it was a normal looking uterus with a marble sized right ovary- yellowish solid uniform tissue when cut into. Thanks again for all the useful information everyone

RE: Hamster bleeding from vulva

Busybee — Thu, 11 May 2017 14:34:39 GMT

I've operated on rats like this and found cystic ovaries. Fiddly but not difficult!

RE: Hamster bleeding from vulva

Neil Wheadon — Thu, 11 May 2017 12:40:33 GMT

Pyometra should be very very high on your differentials

They are really common in hamsters, and not cystitis.

I dealt with a hamster breeder a number of years ago who showed them all over the UK and operated on quite a few of them. They all did well

Neil

RE: Hamster bleeding from vulva

Kay Varley — Thu, 11 May 2017 11:18:42 GMT

Thanks Marie, that's really helpful. She is a bit tense and wriggly to palpate but the owner thinks the abdomen is more distended. We will get her in and put our specs on!

RE: Hamster bleeding from vulva

Marie Kubiak — Thu, 11 May 2017 10:53:57 GMT

Can you palpate anything? I'd be tempted to do a quick xray to rule out radioopaque stones but uterine neoplasia is common enough to justify an ex-lap. They aren't complicated surgeries - just like a mini bitch spay. I find using haemoclips on the ovaries a bit easier than ligating as you don't need as good access to the pedicle but definitely a surgery you can do if you can spay a dog and have good eyesight!

Marie