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Old 01-17-2008, 06:04 AM   #1
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I am interested to hear if others have found a similar difference to us between the sexes. as to which sex lives the longest.
Looking back many years we find that males seem to live significantly longer than females unless they get some major illness. Here are the ones I remember. Post your info and I will try and graph it out to see.
Buffy - Female Syrian 23months - old age
Lucy - Male! Syrian 3yrs 11months - old age
Lily - Female Syrian 1yr - pyometra
Barley - Bred Female Syrian 1yr 11months pyometra
Peppermint - Male Syrian 2yrs 6months - old age
Runty - Male syrian 3yrs 2 months - old age and abdominal tumour
Bailey - Bred Female Syrian- 1yr 11 months - pyometra
Nelson - Male Syrian 2yrs 6months - old age
Red ~ Female Syrian 1yr 11 months ~ pyometra
Sonni ~ Female Syrian 1yr 11 1/2 months ~ old age
Paws ~ Male Syrian 2yrs 4 months ~ old age
Crinkles ~ Male Syrian ~ 3-4 weeks ~ unknown reason

Please can you state the type of hammy and if you know why they died and also wih females if they have been bred.
From this small group alone we can see that pyometra is the big problem for females and that our males live a lot longer.
I hope you can help us with the info and we may write it up for the journal. Thanks.
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Old 01-17-2008, 06:31 AM   #2
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I would be interested to see the comparisons between females who have and have not been bred from, is it a male/female thing or is it simply a product of the females undergoing pregnancy etc as with most species us included that results in shorter life spans.

Unfortunately I have only have Kretchmer who is female and she is very much still with us.
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Old 01-17-2008, 06:35 AM   #3
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Good point Catya. Pleas include that info if relevant.
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Old 01-17-2008, 07:46 AM   #4
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I can't remember the length of life of the hamsters I had when I was younger.

Conker - female - 28 months - stroke
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Old 01-17-2008, 09:23 AM   #5
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Jelly - female syrian - 9 months - unknown reason
Toe - male campbell - approx. 17 months (from rescue so can't be sure) - old age?
Tic - male campbell - approx. 19 months (from rescue so can't be sure) - old age?
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Old 01-17-2008, 10:29 AM   #6
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cool, i like partaking in research

Bunsey - syrian - female - 1 litter - approx 1.5yrs - cushings disease
Hemma - syrian - female - 0 litters - 1yr 10m - pyometra
Tammy - robo - female - 2 litters in succession - 1yr 2m - unknown, possible internally bleeding as belly was black
Mocha - syrian - female - 0 litters - 10m - stroke. plus some other condition?
Poppy & lilly - roborovskis - females - 0 litters - 2yr 2m (both died same week) - old age

I don't know if these are relevant....
Chirpy - robo - female - 0 litters - 9 weeks - respiratory disorder
Herbie - robo - male - 5 weeks - accident

also.... she's still alive but this might be useful for stroke statistics....
Harriette - syrian - female - 1 litter(?) - 2yrs(??) - stroke

still alive...
fluff - female - syrian - 2yr 1m - 0 litters
harvey - male - syrian - 1yr 7m
heather - robo - female - 0 litters - 2yr
3 x male robos - 2yr
female chinese - 2y

i haven't included anyone any younger.
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Old 01-17-2008, 02:43 PM   #7
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Pie- female - 23 months, old age
Harriet - female- rescue, so i think she was 14 months + Pyometra..

Both girls where syrians.
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Old 01-17-2008, 05:11 PM   #8
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baldrick male syrain
3years 11 months deid 3 days before his 4 birthday
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Nuggie-female syrian Not bred from
Died 18 months Had pyometra
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Old 01-18-2008, 01:34 PM   #10
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I never realised pyometra was so common. My mum's friend's son's hamster died of that too I've seen a few cases on another hamster forum too.

Name: Bailey
Sex: Female
Bred: No
Purchased from: Local petshop
Born: September 2005
Death: 19th June 2007
Age: 21 Months
Cause: Unknown, possibly old age.
Symptoms: She'd been sleeping longer a few days before she passed. The night before she seemed shaky, I offered her some food and water. I held her briefly - she snuggled into my hand almost asleep so I put her back in her cage. The next morning, I looked through her Gabber Rex Ramp and she was alive, sleeping, her breathing rate seemed a little fast. By lunch (I got home at 12pm - she'd passed away and was lying in the middle of her cage )


Name: Benji
Sex: Male
Purchased from: Breeder (babyboos)
Born: July 2006
Death: Between 8th (night)& 9th (morning) April 2007
Age: 8.5 - 9 months
Cause: Tumour in his abdomen (I took him to the vets but nothing could be done)
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