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Bad day just got worse…

January 22, 2009 on 10:05 pm | In Guinea Pigs and Hamster | 1 Comment

It was a long day at work. Deadlines and panicking bosses and horrible work. Bathrooms shut down for construction. It was a long day.

At home I was relaxing and having some popcorn. Immediately the Syrian hamster, Jayne, woke up and started begging for popcorn. We gave her a couple pieces and put a piece in Dru’s cage and in Fred’s cage. An hour later or so, I noticed that Fred still hadn’t eaten her popcorn. I asked my husband to check on her, and she was dead. She was fine yesterday, and she appears to have died quietly in her sleep.

Fred had birth defects. She had a stumpy tail and her spine was a little twisted. Who knows what other defects she had that we couldn’t see. But she was sweet and friendly. She’d curl up in a ball in my elbow and fall asleep. She peed on me constantly, but I don’t think she ever bit anyone. I’m going to miss Fred.

Our previous Syrian hamster Binky died about a year ago. January is not a good month for hamsters.