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Thank you so much. He works to support his mother, who is currently unemployed and I heard the veterinary fees were around $100 per animal. I know his mother isn't going to contribute, and I doubt he could afford it himself - so I was trying to figure out if there was something I could do on my own, if anything. I'll check into the vets around here, though. (Until I can find a vet, I told him to keep Doc separate in a sterile cage lined with paper, changed daily. He's going to drain the wound with a sterile needle as needed and clean it with peroxide.)

Hey. I was wondering if anyone could help me with this situation. My boyfriend has two male long-haired hamsters housed together in a cage. One of them, which I'll call "Doc," has a nasty-looking foot infection. I discovered this when I was over at his house and as such I was able to get a good look at Doc. His foot was inflamed. Literally, it looked as if the foot had been "inflated." There was a small white scab at the bottom of the foot just beneath the digits, and it ended and continued in a small red "line" that split his foot. My boyfriend claimed that the foot had been drained twice to no avail. I forgot to ask him what color the pus/fluid was. I was wondering if there is anything I could do. He really cares about his "babies," and I don't want Doc to succumb to infection. I was thinking treating the foot with Peroxide, but I didn't want to risk it. I have a feeling that it may end up killing him if nothing is done. I can get a photograph by Tuesday at the earliest.

I suspected that Windows was responsible for that error. ;)

Hi. I'm a Junior in High School taking the Pre-Med track. Unfortunately, as I entered the school during my second year I was unable to take the Forensics course. I believe becoming a Forensic Pathologist will be my true calling. I would eventually like to learn new techniques for the dissection and deboning of specimens. I'm registered under different aliases on various other forums - smogon.net (a Pokemon related gaming website) as Arcaseven and snipeme.net as Harpy.