PET OF THE MONTH

BUTTONS is a female hamster who came to see us in August with a badly swollen back leg. It appeared that she may have become trapped in the bars of her cage and hurt herself trying to escape.
She was given antibiotics but after several days the blood supply to the leg became compromised and the vet decided that in order to save Button’s life we would have to amputate the leg. This is potentially a life threatening operation for such a small mammal as a hamster’s whole body contains only one and a half teaspoons of blood. Therefore, the loss of even a tiny amount during the operation is very serious.
However, the operation went very well and buttons is now very happily running around on three legs!