I have 3 Campbells russians living together, they are mother and daughters and I have followed all the advice to avoid them fighting (three of everything, large enough cage and all on one level) and they are all mature adults and are very good friends, no fighting as yet. I do have spare cages in readiness in case they do start to scrap but fingers crossed I wont need to use them.

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I couldn't put any of mine together, even if they see each other through cages they hiss and scream..... they don't like the rats either as had them both out at the same time... rats where curious..... Ella was not......!

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Rats and Hammies out at the same time ? Sounds like a bad idea to me ! I know rats kill mice and I don't see why a hammy would be any different !

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Rats where very interested and wanted to meet her, completely fine with her being there. I had hold of Ella at all times and the rats where running round on the bed.

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The problem is, we can not bring him to the vet because there is no vet specializing in rodents here (we are from Latvia, not UK). They all say rodents are too tiny to work with them. So we must solve this ourselves or else...

The weight is 50 - 60 grams (I do not have accurate weights).

Tomorrow I will try to buy vaseline but have no idea how to rub it as the animal is not very handy and I am afraid to harm or stress him by rubbing his arms by force.

try using a cotten pud to put the cream on

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animals are my life

i have:
2x dogs (rottweiler and a jug),
1x african grey parrot,
2x rosella parekeets
4x syrian hamsters (baby, mocha (wiggy), peaches and daisey),
2x winter white dwarfs (sunshine and harry),
1x female leaf insects (doesn't have a names),
1x female corn snake (awaiting eggs),

Today we changed bedding and type of hamster food just in case it was some alergy. Tomorroy I will try to rub the vaseline and see if we can get those antibiotics.

I wonder if there is anywhere that would ship Xeno50 abroad because that might help if it is some sort of mite or skin infection. Xeno 50 Mini 9 Pipettes Ivermectin Spot On - £15.48

You can always scruff the hamster to apply vaseline

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May I ask what you are feeding them? I have heard of something similar to this (but not as bad!) in dwarf hamsters that have a peanut allergy. That could by why one is affected and not the other. If there are peanuts in the food mix, try talking them out and see if that helps?

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