maybe he had SARS? I;-) Patrick >-----Original Message----- >From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: June 12, 2003 11:05 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: OKay - the hamster's Dead... now what to tell the 4-year >old? > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: BethF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:55 AM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: OKay - the hamster's Dead... now what to tell the 4-year >old? >>
> >1) He had a heart attack or stroke. These problems are relatively >common in Dwarf Hamsters and can occur without warnings at pretty much >any age. > >2) He was older than he looked. When we got him at the pet shop they >said he was "just a baby" - but he never grew any larger. I'm almost >positive that he was actually a Dwarf which means he could have really >been any age. > >3) Hamsters can quite easily catch colds and flu from people. All four >of us have been sick with a (really) nasty 24-four flu in the past two >weeks. Although he didn't seem sick, he may have caught it and it >turned out to be too much him. > >4) Two days before he died my son decided to rename him from "Josh" to >"Fuzzy". Perhaps the psychological damage was too much? > >Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
