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Why does my hamster have a growing, spreading spot on its back?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Small Animal | Unknown - Small Animal | Male

My hamster have this on his back for about 2 days. I think they are spreading out. First it’s small like a dot and now it fot bigger.

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on May 2nd, 2018

Hello, i am assuming you tried to upload a picture but did not succeeded, without a picture i cannot help identifying the problem, please start a new post and make sure you upload the picture properly

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