# Did I kill my daughters' dwarf hamster?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 9, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-kill-my-daughters-dwarf-hamster/485071 "2009-02-09T15:28:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-kill-my-daughters-dwarf-hamster/485071/8 "2009-02-09T18:45:32Z")

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> [@An\_Arky](#):
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> I know I’m horrible and going to hell, but I think this would make an excellent sitcom plot.

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 😛

(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).

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