I'm taking our Roborovski dwarf hamster to the vets. She's over two years old (exact birthday unknown as we adopted her from the Pet Adoption Centre at Pets At Home, like all our hamsters), but she was the very first we adopted, when I was pregnant and needed a buddy to keep me company, and I love her to bits. Her name is Tiny.
The last few days we've noticed a lump, near her back end but to the side slightly (definitely not a testicle, she hasn't been hiding her real sex all this time). It was small on Monday, big on Tuesday, even bigger yesterday. We gave her some kiwi and couldn't believe how big it is now. From what I've read, it looks like a tumour rather than an abcess. It drags on the floor, makes her waddle and stops her from being able to scratch.
We have an appointment at the vets in half an hour and I am trying to mentally prepare myself. Are they likely to attempt to treat it if it is a tumour or will the kindest thing be to let her go? I'm terrified of having a breakdown in the middle of the bloody vets :(