hurt paw?

[Jeri]

noticed he seems to have a bad paw? hes 5 days old.. how can this happened? any advice what to do?

 

[Tula_Montage]

I recently had an unexpected litter of dwarf hamsters. They were in the "fluffy" bedding. Each of them had the bedding wraped round their legs and paws so much that their legs fell off... Only one out of 7 is left.

I suggest you change the bedding you are using if its the fluffy stuff. Use paper bedding or newspaper.

 

[Jeri]

am indeed using "fluffy" bedding, changed it already. thanks for fast reply.

would he be in any pain?

 

[Bobo's Mama]

If he is just going to be a feeder, I would cull him now. The bedding obviously cut off the circulation to his paw. I'm sure it hurts, but no one can really tell. If you let him go on, his paw could fall off.

 

[Tula_Montage]

am indeed using "fluffy" bedding, changed it already. thanks for fast reply.

would he be in any pain?

Most likley... the ones I had screamed the whole time, and thats how i found out i had dwarf babies.

Needless to say they were all swifty taken to the freezer.

 

[Jeri]

done. thanks again for all your help

 

[Tula_Montage]

If you look closley in the picture, you can actually see the bedding fibres...

 

[Flagg]

I thought everybody knew that fluffy bedding was bad. I lost a couple rats earlier this year to that "eco bedding" which is supposed to be great and safe but the little accordion folded strips of kraft paper get stretched out and wrapped around pinky throats

 

[Colleen360]

What is "fluffy" bedding? Are you guys referring to that cotton stuff? Aspen is all I use for nesting material.

 

[simple_minded]

The fluffy bedding can also be consumed and cause blockages in your rodents. Aspen is waaay safer and costs less.