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Why did our hamster die2007-11-24 22:19:17

He seemed very happy and healthy too.His cage was always clean,I fed him his favorite food pellets and gave him some treats once in awhile.He used to run in his ball,but it got broke,so he took to running in his wheel more often.He was only 1 1/2 years old and one morning we woke up and he was just dead.What happened?I already looked up "Wet end",and it's not that,what else could it have been?

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One and a half years is a pretty substantial life for a hamster. You probably did nothing wrong, his time just came. I'm sorry, it's really hard to loose a pet.

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heart attack?

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sorry but they don't live that long.

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What type of hamster was it? Dwarf or normal? If dwarf then that's normal. If normal then maybe a heart attack, or banged it's head or something. I'm sorry to hear it died.

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well, many hamsters are prone to cancer (sad, but true) - did he have any growths on him? or, he could've choked on something, one of his organs could've failed - any number of things. but he wasn't sick. and it wasn't your fault (unless you caused suvere trauma - another cause of fatality), just know that! i'm sorry he died, but the only way you can have him diagonsed is to take him to the vet

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You may want to ask a vet.

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something went wrong

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It was probably his time to go. Many hamster do carry cancer and hair lost is one of the sign's or a bold spot. Hamster's don't live that long trust me I should know because I use to have a lot of hamster's. I'm sorry that your's died.

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In most hamster wheels, specifically, (not balls) they're are two bars that connect to the axis where the wheel turns.If you have one of these, they're could be a possibility that he poked his head out while the wheel was still turning... But thats just a geuss.