While my friend Sue was visiting a couple weeks ago she noticed some fur loss on Jubs’ nose. (I just thought it was a different color than the rest of her fur and really didn’t pay attention to it). That’s why Sue is a nurse; attention to detail.
She suggested we might want to call the vet and just ask him about it because sometimes loss of fur is a precursor to something. Well, yes I would agree, it’s a precursor to being bald, but there’s more? She mentioned something about the possibility of an infestation. (I knew better than to ask “an infestation of what?”)
Well, 45 minutes into my Google search I had turned up precious little information related to hamster hair-loss, animal alopecia, female hamster-pattern baldness or anything even vaguely related to the fact that Jubs is in need of Rogaine.
I casually mentioned to Sonny that I was a little worried about the spot of thinning fur on Jubs’ nose. (You know, I didn’t want to make a big thing of it, like inferring that great fur was the reason I bought Jubs in the first place or that a lack of it made her any less of a hamster……)
His reply, “Carol, it’s probably where her nose rubs when she’s chewing on the bars of the cage all night long.” …… That’s why Sonny is an engineer; attention to detail.
Of course, I’ll have to see it to believe it, so I’ll let you know when I find the answer.
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Well, I didn’t want to keep you all in suspense so it is a full 2 weeks later, Jubs no longer chews on the bars of the cage and the fur on her nose has completely grown back in. I must say I’m more than a little relieved we’re not dealing with an infestation of any kind.
Have a great week,
Carol
