Did I kill my daughters' dwarf hamster?

I’ll be in the next handbasket after yours. I think the OP should hope his daughter hasn’t noticed Stuart’s extended nap, and rush down to the nearest pet store and get a replacement… who will live to a miraculously old age, roughly double the normal hamster lifespan!

I see no way this could go wrong :stuck_out_tongue:

(more seriously, I have no idea whether there’s a connection. We’ve run the self-clean oven a few times and the guinea pigs seem unharmed, but they might be less sensitive (and they’re longer-lived animals).