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Old 08-24-2010, 04:10 PM   #1
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Unhappy Piccolo dies suddenly - any ideas why?

One evening recently during cage cleaning I noticed Piccolo had a wet chest (normally white) which looked a slightly rusty colour, in two symmetrical patches. However, she seemed fine in the hamster ball, running around and exploring as usual and so I put it down to her having rubbed against her water-bottle spout whilst cage climbing, which had been quite a common occurence.

The next morning, I checked her cage and everything seemed fine, but come treat time as I was preparing dinner, I hadn't seen her and started to worry. After dinner I decided to open her house, and found her very difficult to rouse and uncharacteristically uninterested in offered treats. She then began to move and it quickly became clear that she had lost almost all control and/or strength in her forelegs, causing her to kind of "snow-plough" along the cage floor in a series of ungainly wobbles.

I removed the upper cage levels and moved her food to the floor in a pile, added some apple slices and found a shallow dish for water. Meanwhile, Piccolo had moved herself arduously to her toilet and was lying in it, so I moved her back to her bed, tried (unsuccessfully) to get her to nibble the apple and drink a little water from a syringe.

She almost immediately set off for the toilet corner again, where she lay clicking her teeth, which I took as a clear sign to leave her alone. I closed the door and turned out the light and planned a trip to the vet first thing in the morning. Sadly, when I checked in on her a couple of hours later she was still warm, but not breathing.

I was shocked how quickly she went down hill and can't really separate what here is relevant and what is coincidental. Any experts out there have any theories as to what happened here?

Many thanks.
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Old 08-24-2010, 04:22 PM   #2
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i love the name Piccolo, it means small!!!
wow, very sudden. how old was Piccolo?
if she was old like 1 and a half + years, then i guess its old age. but usually dying of old age is not so sudden, and .... well i dont know.
sorry i really dont know.... sorry
and really sorry about your loss, it must be awful for it to happen so suddenly, i mean its one thing if you know its coming but that was in a matter of hours!!
i'm sure little Piccolo is very happy up in the sky, i'm sure u have very many good memories of her - treasure them
goodluck, and sorry i haven'tanswered your question. goodluck!
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Old 08-25-2010, 12:46 AM   #3
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The only thing i can think of is she had a stroke.

but thats really sad how sudden that happened, really sorry for the lose of your little one.
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Old 08-25-2010, 09:15 AM   #4
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I'm so sorry for your loss, i'm not very good with health issues but hopefully someone can help x
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Old 08-25-2010, 09:17 AM   #5
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^^ same fm
yeah, no i think it was old age still. actually stroke sounds possible :L

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Old 08-25-2010, 02:32 PM   #6
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I am very sorry to hear this sad news.
It does sound to me as if she had a stroke which is not uncommon in older hammies. Sadly if the damage is too bad they cannot manage to go to on and will cross to the bridge quite quickly.
I am sure she appreciated your attentions and passed gently over.
Play well at the bridge Piccolo xx
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Old 08-25-2010, 02:36 PM   #7
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So sorry for your loss, play well at the bridge Piccolo x
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Old 08-26-2010, 01:39 AM   #8
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Sorry to hear of your loss. Run free at the bridge Piccolo - RIP X
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Old 08-26-2010, 02:39 AM   #9
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The same thing happened to my Hammie, she lost all her strength and plowed around until she just stopped layed there and then after about 5 minutes stopped breathing... I am awfully sorry for your loss x
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Old 08-26-2010, 06:49 AM   #10
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Default Re: Piccolo dies suddenly - any ideas why?

As the others have said, this sounds very much like a stroke.

I'm so sorry for your loss, play well Piccolo. x
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