Red nails and tail

Question
Hi I just love my hamster and can't think about life without her! My question is in the last two weeks my one year old hamster has gotten a reddish-purple tail and her finger nails (all of them) have turned bloody reddish purple as well. Even some of her fingers are swollen. The vet is too much money is their something I ccan buy off the shelf that will help her? Thank-you

Answer
It sounds that her body is having a hard time supplying blood to other parts of her body. She may have blood clots in her fingers and she will probably lose them. There is nothing that you can buy for her. What type of bedding are using for her??? The best type of bedding to use is Soft Sorbent bedding or Carefresh bedding. Sometimes they can have serious problems with wood shavings. Do you supplement her diet with vitamin drops as well? She may need an extra boost in vitamins in her diet and buying vitamin drops will help that.

There's not much you can do without a vet's help. You will just have to make her as comfortable as possible.