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I think I killed my hamster!
I had a little hamster named Cleo. I didn't clean her cage for a whole week and more, and she hasn't come out for a few days, so I open her cage to check on her. At first I couldn't find her so I started moving her bedding around. She was laying under the bedding not breathing. I even had someone else check to make sure she was dead. She is about a year and half. I feel really guilty. Can someone please help me!?
P.s, Please excuse my grammar I am writing this at 5:00 am and I'm really tired.
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Its ok some hamsters only live till they are 1 1/2 it might not be your fault.....good luck XP
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If by little you meant dwarf hamster, then Cleo lived to her normal ripe old age. According to what I have found on line, how long a hamster lives depends on the exact type you had.
Dwarf types like the Campbells and Winter Whites live an average of 1.5 to 2 years.
other dwarfs:
Chinese hamsters have an average lifespan of 2.5 to 3 years
Roborovski hamster lives up to 3.5 years.
the first one mentioned is the most common one to be found as pets and so, my guess is it was not due to having a messy cage but it may have been close to end of its natural life.
Or being older and more frail, perhaps the environment did make Cleo die a bit sooner but probably not by much.
I and my siblings all had hamsters as kids and I can share that they did not live very long, even with clean cages and good care.
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