Ginger lived for a year and died of an infection

Sakura, the hamster we initially decided to keep, lived for 20 months and died of a cancerous growth

Harry, the hamster who we gave away, lived a good long life for a hamster

And finally, Soayron, whom my son persuaded us to keep, lived until he was almost 2.5 years and turned out to be my favourite out of all of our hamsters.