my hamster bit my three year old, what do I do?

Answer 1

Nothing they are rodents and prone to bite. Constantly remind the 3 year old to look and not touch.

If that will not work find him a new home.

Answer 2

Wash the wound with soap and water and stop the bleeding. Put a bandaid on it. If it is a serious bite that won't stop bleeding, go to the hospital. If it's a small bite and you still feel concerned you can make a doctor's appointment for your child at your earliest convenience. As long as if your child has had a tentanus shot, I wouldn't worry.

Domesticated pet rodents are very safe animals. They can bite however when they are scared or mishandled. I think 3 is very young to be handling a small animal. So I would either keep the child and hamster away from each other, or if your child really wants to touch the hamster again, hold the hamster with its face pointed towards yourself and let your child pet the hamster's back area (so there is no chance of him biting again).

Answer 3

A 3 year old is too young to pay with a hamster. Hamsters are too delicate.

Just wash the childs bite adn put a litte triple antibiotic ointment on it. Jmasters mouths are not that dirty they don't eat meat. and a pet ahsmter is ont likely to carry any disease th echild could get. He is far from the first child to get bitten by a hamster or pet mouse. Then keep baby and hamster apart.

Have your self a cup of tea and relax. Everything is just fine.

By the way, Ginea pigs are the rodents that are actully considered edilbe. Hamster are just too small

Answer 4

any animal will bite if they feel threatened. Is is possible that your 3 yr old was playing to roughly with it? Small children tend to not understand that they are much stronger than a small animal, like a hamster. However, if your child wasn't holding it, and it bit from inside its cage, a childs small thinn fingers my look like a carrot and was a matter of mistaken identity. All and all, it is not the animal's fault. I would just make sure that you are supervising when the child interacts with the hamster. As for the child's bite, just clean it really good and bandage will be just fine.

Answer 5

Wash the wound thoroughly, and bandage it w/antibiotic ointment. Unless your hamster has been loose outside, there is no rabies risk, but watch for signs of infection- redness, swelling, increasing pain. Usually these bites are nuisances, nothing more, unless your son is immunocompromised- then see a Dr ASAP. BTW, hamsters are known for biting, but some breeds are gentler and less likely to bite than others. Your son probably shouldn't handle the hamster any more. Even if he didn't do anything wrong, they tend to bite. Good Luck!!

Answer 6

Nothing. Its not like a dog, were you have to put it to sleep. Hamsters constantly bite and theres nothing that can change that. Just remind the three-year old that its a hamster and you have to be very careful and gentle with it.

Answer 7

What did the child do to hurt the hamster? Wash the wound with soap and water. Hamsters aren't very big, I doubt that the wound could be that large.

Educate the child about the proper treatment of animals and while the boo boo is fresh, tell him to remember what happened when he wasn't nice to an animal.

Answer 8

Just put antispetic on the wounds and a bandaide.. Most children don't know how to handle a small animal like that so there only defence is to bite..

You as a parent need to start spending time with that animal so it can get used to being held all the time.. put it through the child test .. Pull on its legs and see how it reacts ..

Answer 9

what is more important, the hamster or the child? prioritize. is the child bleeding, etc. is the hamster sick?

take care of the child. did the child provoke the hamster? don't let the child handle it.

Answer 10

If the bite is not bad, simple first aid will help.

If it is a deep bite or shows signs of infection or fever, take the baby to the doctor ASAP.

Consider giving the hamster away.