Register FAQ Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Navigation
Front Page
Forum
Gallery
Wiki

Ads by Google


Go Back   Hamster Central > Hamster Central Forum Topics > Hamster Healthcare

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-20-2019, 09:37 AM   #1
Cayleigh
Newborn Pup
 
Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 12
Default Why did my hamster die?

I don't expect a to reach a definitive conclusion here, but I hope I can get some kind of idea so I can avoid a reoccurrence.

Dewey died this morning (Monday). Here's a breakdown:

Symtoms: started about 2 days ago. He didn't come out for his nightly outings, even with food offerings. Loss of appetite. No aggression. Lethargic. Didn't drink when I tried to give him water. Physically, he looked fine. No lumps.

Post death: I left him in a blanket while I ran to get something and when I came back, he was dead, so I didn't see him die. He had yellow-red fluid coming out of his mouth though. Never seen that before.

What happened??? Some suspected causes:
- temperature change. With warmer weather, my thermostat can't decide whether to 'cool' or 'heat.' It's been fluctuating between 15C and 22C for the past 2 weeks.

-new people. I've had a cleaner come on the weekends for the past month. New people seem to stress him out, and this is the first time I've had a 'stranger' come so regularly. The house is usually quiet, but the cleaner was a little noisy.

-strawberry. I hadn't given him a strawberry in a long while; they're a treat for me too. I gave him a washed piece a week ago. Did his system reject the reintroduction of fruit?

-me. I hate to say this, but earlier this week I forgot to feed him for 2.5 days. He was back to regular feeding on Wednesday. He seemed fine right up until Friday night.

Age (aprx): 1yr 7mth
Breed: Syrian, male

I'm sleuthing to distract myself from grief. RIP my sweet lil angel. I hope you get endless nummies wherever you are.
Cayleigh is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
week, ago, days, die, strawberry, past, people, cleaner, back, fine, hope, while;, treat, piece, gave, washed, stress, time, month, weeks, weekends, stranger, regularly, noisy, quiet

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Powered by vBulletin®
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO v2.0.43 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.
Copyright © 2003-2022, Hobby Solutions
All times are GMT -7. The time now is 02:47 AM.