A father of two was almost killed after he was nipped by his daughter's pet hamster.
Ashley Green, 51, suffered an extreme allergic reaction to the bite after he tried to stop pet rodent Sydney from falling through a crack in the floor.
The frightened hamster sunk it's tiny teeth into Mr Green's thumb and palm and within minutes he had turned grey and begun making a gargling sound.
His horrified wife, Michelle, 45, hurriedly dialled 999. Paramedics spent 10 minutes at the family home in Evesham, Worcs, trying to revive stricken Ashley with a host of drugs.
It took doctors four days to stabilise Ashley's blood pressure, but he survived his bizarre brush with death.
Tests later showed that Ashley was allergic to proteins in hamster saliva.
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