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Veillette M, Guitard J, Reebs SG. Cause and Possible Treatments of Foot Lesions in Captive Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Vet Med Int. 2010;2010:951708doi: 10.4061/2010/951708.
Veillette, M., Guitard, J., & Reebs, S. G. (2010). Cause and Possible Treatments of Foot Lesions in Captive Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Veterinary medicine international, 2010951708. https://doi.org/10.4061/2010/951708
Veillette, Mélisa, et al. "Cause and Possible Treatments of Foot Lesions in Captive Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)." Veterinary medicine international vol. 2010 (2010): 951708. doi: https://doi.org/10.4061/2010/951708
Veillette M, Guitard J, Reebs SG. Cause and Possible Treatments of Foot Lesions in Captive Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus). Vet Med Int. 2010;2010:951708. doi: 10.4061/2010/951708. Epub 2010 Jun 13. PMID: 20613965; PMCID: PMC2896862.
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Vet Med Int. 2010;2010:951708. doi: 10.4061/2010/951708. Epub 2010 Jun 13.

Cause and Possible Treatments of Foot Lesions in Captive Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).

Veterinary medicine international

Mélisa Veillette, Julie Guitard, Stéphan G Reebs

Affiliations

  1. Département de Biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9.

PMID: 20613965 PMCID: PMC2896862 DOI: 10.4061/2010/951708

Abstract

Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) run extensively in exercise wheels. This running may cause paw lesions. Three treatments of these wounds (topical application of vitamin E, wheel blocking, and a combination of both) were compared using both sexes. A pretreatment period with or without wheels lasted 15 days and the ensuing treatment period lasted 45 days. At the end of the pre-treatment period, none of the animals without wheels had paw wounds, whereas at least 75% of the females and 100% of the males with wheels did. Females had fewer and smaller wounds than males at this point. At the end of the treatment period, no effect of vitamin E could be discerned, but significant wound healing occurred after wheel blocking in both males and females. Wheel blocking is an easy way to prevent or treat paw wounds, but it presents problems in terms of animal welfare, as wheels are an important cage enrichment for hamsters.

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