Why did our hamster die?

He seemed very happy and healthy too.His cage was always clean,I fed him his favorite food pellets and gave him some treats once in awhile.He used to run in his ball,but it got broke,so he took to running in his wheel more often.He was only 1 1/2 years old and one morning we woke up and he was just dead.What happened?I already looked up "Wet end",and it's not that,what else could it have been?Why did our hamster die?
One and a half years is a pretty substantial life for a hamster. You probably did nothing wrong, his time just came. I'm sorry, it's really hard to loose a pet.
You may want to ask a vet.Why did our hamster die?
well, many hamsters are prone to cancer (sad, but true) - did he have any growths on him? or, he could've choked on something, one of his organs could've failed - any number of things. but he wasn't sick. and it wasn't your fault (unless you caused suvere trauma - another cause of fatality), just know that! i'm sorry he died, but the only way you can have him diagonsed is to take him to the vet
It was probably his time to go. Many hamster do carry cancer and hair lost is one of the sign's or a bold spot. Hamster's don't live that long trust me I should know because I use to have a lot of hamster's. I'm sorry that your's died.Why did our hamster die?
hamsters are what you might call disposible pets they only live 2-3 years and to have one for over a year is good plus you never know how old they are when you buy them
sorry but they don't live that long.
it may have just been his time they live 2-3 years, and are prone to tumours and cancers.
either a heat attack...or sumthing else...im not sure but im sorry for your loss
heart attack?
All my hamsters have lived for at least 5 years!!! I've had 8 hamsters and I'm only in 8th grade now. Maybe it was a cage problem, the hamster was choking, heart attack, really bad bug bite, bad fall (two part cage), or even old age if you got it old. Sorry for your lost.
something went wrong
Im sure you did nothing wrong don't worry he probably just died of natural causes coz hamsters are doing pretty well if they live to a year %26amp; a half anyway! They rarely live above 2! Well I'm really sorry to hear that he died, I know how it feels x x x x x x %26lt;3
do you have a cat also??
What type of hamster was it? Dwarf or normal? If dwarf then that's normal. If normal then maybe a heart attack, or banged it's head or something. I'm sorry to hear it died.
In most hamster wheels, specifically, (not balls) they're are two bars that connect to the axis where the wheel turns....If you have one of these, they're could be a possibility that he poked his head out while the wheel was still turning... But thats just a geuss.



They're are alot of other possibilities. I know that you took good care of him, but was water always available? He could've gotten dehydrated, and hamsters, with their small fragile bodies, can die from that.

A bald spot appeared on one of my hamsters... its a sign that he/she is getting old.

1 and a half years is pretty good for a hamster... some live longer or less. One of my hamsters lived for three years and one for just about a year. I took them both to the vet afterwards and the one that lived longer died from cancer, while the other died because of organ failure. It varies.



I'm sorry for your loss. I hoped this helped.