Brought my hamster to Dr. Higgins today. Hamster had a strange growth on ear. Dr. said it ""might be an abcess"" because it looked infected. Left the room to lance the hamster's growth. Brought hammie back bleeding and weak. Said the growth was hard, probably cancerous. Said she couldn't take the growth off because it would be too difficult to sew up after cutting it off. Said to go home and good luck. Charged me $46.00 for the visit. No antibiotics or follow-up treatment instructions were ever given. I asked to speak to the Dr. again because she left the room so abruptly and I was unsure what to do at that point. A technician came back and said they did not treat the hamster's lanced ear to stop the bleeding because ""she bites"". I feel like I got nowhere but charged $46.00 to harm my hamster further and get no specific or helpful information than what I had already suspected. My advice for your small or exotic pets would be to take them to an ""exotic"" pet specialist. DO NOT BRING THEM HERE! I will be calling a specialist right away to seek further medical advice.
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