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Dad nearly dies after being bitten by family’s pet hamster (metro.co.uk)

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A man has experienced a terrifying moment after almost dying when his pet hamster clamped down on his hand and would not let go.

Nathan Halliday, 34, from Kirkby, Merseyside, sat down peacefully with Mochi, his Syrian hamster, when she suddenly attacked him and left him for dead.

He then experienced a anaphylactic shock and moments after she bit him Nathan’s body swelled up, he couldn’t breathe and was covered in hives.

His partner Rebecca Kidd struggled to get Mochi off him but once she did she thought the worst was about to happen so called 999.

Mochi had been looking frail for the last few days before this incident and once she was taken off Nathan she took her last two breaths and died.

In the ambulance Nathan was on death’s door and was given two shots of adrenaline, an antihistamine and put on oxygen.

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‘One of the paramedics asked me if I was Freddie Starr.

‘Mochi is now in a fancy cracker box in the garden – I don’t blame her.

‘We rescue hamsters from people who otherwise wouldn’t want them and I’d never say no to another one.’

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

So the hamster was dying and decided to attack him and then died right after the attack? Or maybe when the hamster wouldn't let go they beat it to death and then told everyone the story about a sick hamster

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think it'd take much. When I got a gecko and looked up tips, they warned that your natural flail reaction to being bitten could badly injure or kill them. We're just way bigger!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

I mean to be fair that would probably be my reaction to. Hamsters have pretty strong jaws and sharp teeth so I wouldn't have had much patience either.