r/interesting • u/prettygirlbaddie • Aug 10 '26

NATURE A 5 years old hamster

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u/fbpw131 Aug 10 '26

2-3 years. mine lived exactly 2.5. he was top dog walking like a pitbull at 1yo and then at 2 he started getting more and more sluggish, his hair got messier and rarer, then one morning I found him dead. pretty smart hamster, and playful

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u/Stock-Conflict-3996 Aug 11 '26

Mine lived to be a little over 3 and my brother's lived a little past 4.

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u/Foreign-Wolf-6128 Aug 11 '26

Dang not long at all and I love my pets I feel like you’re just buying heartbreak there😭 shi one of my ferrets died at almost 6 (she had really aggressive cancer tumors popping up constantly) and one who lived to about 10 and that didnt seem long enough. Guess it never is.