Confessions of a Self-Titled Geek Girl

One of the hamsters has a busted foot. Poco bled all over the cage. I mean, everywhere. And because I'm relatively good with animals and know enough about vet care to do a reasonable examination, I was elected to figure out what was wrong.

I hate doing that. I really do. Poco hates to be held, so she was squirming all over the place, and I had to hold her really still, so I could look at her foot.

*sigh* It looks like she has a cut just above the middle claw on her back right paw. I mean, JUST above. Like... cuticle-type close. And it's really swollen, so that it looks like something's jammed up in there.

This is exactly why I never wanted to be a vet.