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Are my hamsters going to die? they ate aluminum foil?

I thought it would be okay to get a small piece of aluminum foil and wrap sunflower seeds in it and give one to each of my dwarf hamstersThey are in separate cagesI watched them at first and one of them started peeling away at the paper but couldnt open itThe other hamster didnt even notice itThen had to go to school and i forgot to take the foil balls out so i thought they would be okayI came home and eventhe aluminum foil was eaten!!!!! That was yesterdayThey both seem to be constipated!! I help the one that pees like every 5 mins and he didnt pee and i held him for 20 mins, he didnt poo either (well he only pooed once)I held the other for ten minutes then put that hamster in a box like i do for cleaning her cage and when shes in there she always spits out everything in her pouch but she didnt do anythingThe first hamster has something big in his cheek but he wont spit it out.I checked everywhere under all the bedding and there was no sign of aluminum scraps!!!Please help are they gonna die???

Answer:

I think they could die if you don't take them to the vet right away.Not to be mean, but you made a bad mistake of even giving them aluminum foilYou should have made safer treats and did research on safe hamster treats and made some of them.You seem that you still love your hammies dearly and never wanted to do anything bad to them, so it was probably a mistakeYeah, but take them to the vet admittedly if you want your hammies to liveHamster stuff thing in their mouth because they want to safe it for later because they think it is good food, so it is probably the aluminum foil that is in his cheekKeep an eye on him and eventually he will take it out and then you grab it from him and give him a couple of plan sun seeds.If you also rub his cheek all around he will spit it out quicker because he thinks you are going to keep doing that until his pouches are empty Hope your hamster get betterBre- Owner of 18 hamsters and other rodents.

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