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Dwarf with red patches

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Question
Hi, About 6 weeks ago we bought 2 male dwarf roborovski hamsters. A week ago they started fighting a lot and I realised 1 was wounded on the bottom of its back. I have now seperated them and today another wound has appeared in the same area, are these self inflicted? what can I do? Thanks in Advance

Answer
Hello Karl,
is the wound scaley looking or something. I don't believe they are self inflicting wounds, but I would try to put some antibiotic ointment like neosporin on it. If the skin is scaley looking as well then I would take your hamster to a vet to get looked at to make sure the hamster doesn't have mites.
Good luck and keep me posted.