Coco, our 18 month old syrian female passed away today.
She had been struggling with a chest/respiratory infection for a week, and had been given baytril and a pro-biotic to try and help her, but it was to no avail.
We woke up this morning to find her more feeble than before, and had intended to take her back to the vets. I held her on my lap and wrapped her loosely in a towel to try and keep her warm until the vets opened, but she gave up the fight at about 9.30. It was very upsetting to watch her pass, but we felt a little relief to know that she was no longer suffering. She has now moved on from her Hamster Heaven cage to the big hamster heaven.
We already miss her deeply, and keep looking at her cage feeling sad.
We think we will take on another hamster shortly, not to replace Coco, as she was simply irreplaceable, but to give another hamster a nice home.
RIP Coco
A link to some of the photos we took of Coco over the time she was with us