Re: Hamster died of eating a paper towel? :-(
no paper towels are not water soluble, (the ones you get in public toilets to dry your hands on) that is why you should never flush them down the toilet and if you do they can cause the pipes to block.
so yes, if a hamster did ingest a paper towel, it could cause a blockage to the gut, which would ultimately lead to death unless the hamster was operated on.
the composition of a paper towel is different to that of a normal sheet of paper, toilet paper, and kitchen paper, all of those WILL dissolve when wet
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