Multiple hamster death opinion

[Pebbles82]

Do you know what the hamsters died of? Just wondering if it was all the same cause.

[BellaSimone]

Interesting this was brought up, I was watching a hamster owner on-line and they seem to have the same issue with hamsters dying. Once, two in the same day. Looking back at videos, they seemed to have very bad luck keeping the sweethearts alive. They weren't adoptees, most from pet stores and younger. It was upsetting cause it just didn't seem right, but not sure what if anything could be helped. Sad situation.

[Oatmeal_Cupcake]

Originally Posted by Serendipity7000

Do you know what the hamsters died of? Just wondering if it was all the same cause.

I believe one died because he stopped eating and got wet tail. The one before that had breathing issues that weren't discovered till after a vet visit. I can't even remember what the other hamsters died of.

[Oatmeal_Cupcake]

Originally Posted by BellaSimone

Interesting this was brought up, I was watching a hamster owner on-line and they seem to have the same issue with hamsters dying. Once, two in the same day. Looking back at videos, they seemed to have very bad luck keeping the sweethearts alive. They weren't adoptees, most from pet stores and younger. It was upsetting cause it just didn't seem right, but not sure what if anything could be helped. Sad situation.

I know what you mean. It sounds similar. This owner is actually just erasing hamster pictures and videos as soon as they die. Idk, it just seems so odd because they seem to know about hamster care but they just keep dying. It's like there's a bit of information missing that just has me scratching my head about it.

[BellaSimone]

Originally Posted by Oatmeal_Cupcake

I know what you mean. It sounds similar. This owner is actually just erasing hamster pictures and videos as soon as they die. Idk, it just seems so odd because they seem to know about hamster care but they just keep dying. It's like there's a bit of information missing that just has me scratching my head about it.

Exactly. And it was from 'bad genes'. I stopped watching because it was upsetting me because the next day the person had a new hamster they were introducing. I understand grief works in different ways but this was several times in a matter of six months. Very sad situation but my gut told me to not watch that channel anymore. Thanks for reply, I didn't want to think it was just me.

[Loretta]

Ohh I used to know a family who this kept happening to. Lots of hamsters bought in quick succession, mostly young Syrians, who kept dying "mysteriously" a few weeks after being brought home. The family blamed Pets At Home for selling faulty animals and were very surprised when I said that we had bought a fair few hammies from the same branch and they had all lived to a ripe old age!

I don't think the family in this case were being deliberately neglectful, just a bit clueless - I later found out that they had loud dogs in the house as well as young children, and were letting their toddler (man)handle the hamsters from Day 1. They had no idea that hamsters can literally die from stress. Their cage was also very small with only tiny house, a food bowl and a broken wheel so the poor hamsters had nowhere to hide from all the noise and grabby toddler hands.

Maybe try and find out if there's a similar environmental issue in this case? It is a tricky situation though - hard to bring up without people getting overly defensive!