did you ever have a hamster, how long did it live?

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I believe their average life span is about 2 years. I just got mine about 9 months ago, so can't say for sure.

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i had one but idk how long it lived because i had to give it away.

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it depends on which breed. Dwarf Hamsters live up to 3 years. and Syrian Hamsters they can live a bit longer than Dwarfs.

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i had 2, both didn't live over a year.
for both, i played with it everyday, and fed it, gave food everyday, and even washed its cage every week. i trained it so it won't bite me too. but then, one day (like 6 months after i got him) it won't eat anything, so i gave him his fav. food, but again, it won't eat it, so next day, i go to school, come back and find it dead. (that was in japan)
the other one, i had in singapore, like 2 years later, i took care of him the exact same way(fed, cleaned, ect. ) and sometimes i might leave the cage open, but it won't run away, so then like, 7 months after i got him, he ran away, and a week after he ran away, i found him dead down stairs. i also found a dead moth half eaten.
anyway, i got the type of hamsters that will live like, 2 years max. so, i wan't so suprized when it died, but it still was shoking and sad.

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yes i did (when i was alot younger)and ernie lived to be 7 yrs old!! very old for a hamster.and my other fluffy lived to be about 3 or 4 yrs old about average .i managed/worked at a pet shop for several yr and i learned from customers and breeders that 3-5 yrs is normal.well i hope i helped some

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two weeks before my sister fed it to my pet snake

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it mostly depends on the hamster but a hamster can mostly live between 2-4 years mines lived almost to 5 but it died of old age it depends also on how you take care of it

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Mine actually lived for three years until we moved to a different location it was way different environment for him.

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Yes, mine lived to be a ripe old age of four!!

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i had alot of hamsters when i was growing up and none of them lived pass 2 months haha i guess im not really a good owner

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I have had many Hamsters, and I work in a pet store so I know a bit about them Their life span if healthy is generaly 3-5 years.

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I had a hamster that lived to two and a half! But he slept all the time he only woke up for food, water, to be cleaned out or go to the toilet. He was lazy.

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A typical hamsters life expectancy is usually about 2 years. Mine lived for four 1/2 years. I ended up having her put to sleep because she eventually went blind, lost all her teeth, had a stroke so she lost mobility of the left side of her body and when she was able to get up and walk around she would have a seizure and collapse, rather sad. When the vet euthanized her I cried so hard they didn't charge me.