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Old 11-20-2016, 09:33 AM  
ackland77
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Default Hamster sleeping behaviour - Recently lost two in the space of a week! Very anxious

Hi!

Sorry this is going to be long!

I used to have two Syrian hamsters, the first bought October 9th (2015) called Chichi and the the other bought 13th January in 2016 who is called Jango. They were both girls (:

On November the 8th I noticed Chichi started to have a little bit of diarrhoea but was still eating, drinking and loved coming out to run around. I made an appointment at the vets on the 9th to get her checked over. The vet gave me antibiotics and told me to come back once they were over incase I needed to see a specialist exotic vet. The following day I had her out and gave her the medicine. She was eating and drinking and running around on me and my boyfriend. I checked on her at 10:30pm to make sure her bum was okay - which it was. At 12:45am I felt really weird so I went and checked on Chichi, she wasn't moving and had passed away.

From the 10th I kept a very close eye on my other hamster because we had NO idea what happened to Chichi and she would of only been around 13 months! I set up an appointment for jango to have a health check on the 15th November. During the week Jango was her usual self, she is very adventurous and loves her ball and wheel! She was eating, taking treats, running in her ball, loving cuddles. I woke her up at 5:55pm to get her ready for her 6:30pm appointment. I noticed she was being quite weird and not responding. She couldn't lift her head and when she tried to walk she would fall onto her side. Her bottom was also completely wet but there was no diarrhoea on her or in her cage.

We immediately drove to the vets and we saw a nurse because there was a mix up of communication as the vet saw another animal before us because the goddamn receptionist didn't report it as an emergency He took one look at her and said we need to put her down. Jango was around 10 months old!

I am completely devasted and literally shut down - I spoke to my mum later that evening and she said Jango may of had a stroke and could of recovered. That just made me feel awful.

I asked the nurse, vet and other veterinary assistant what had happened to Jango and they all said they'd need to open her up to see!

FAST FORWARD TO NOW!

On the 12th November we bought a Syrian hamster who is 9 weeks old

*i just want to say I didn't buy her to replace Chichi. I had seen Flump for weeks and was planning on buying her at the end of November if she was still there.

We've had her dead on a week now; the first few days she was running on her wheel for hours! She is very timid so I don't try and constantly try to pick her and let her come out by herself. I've noticed over the past 2-3 days she is sleeping a lot more and I barely see her. I usually wake up a lot to go for a wee, so at like 12:30, 2am, 4am times - which is the times she's was usually awake.

I don't know if I'm being too paranoid because I lost my other two without warning and I'm terrrified of her being in pain
I did check her bum yesterday and she was clear!


ALSO; all Syrian hamsters were bought from PetsAtHome

Anyone else experienced the same? Or can give me some guidance?
I really want to complain to Pets At Home because they were both so young
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