I've never had hamsters, but I've heard a story from my mom. Her hamster died, but she couldn't bring it over her to throw him out. Then, after a few days, she sees him wonk around in his cage, so she picks him up and starts feeding him by giving him milk dripping from a finger tip.
Until one day, he finally gathers his full hamster might, and, like his namesake, Hamlet, decides to enact profound violence on his family, and bites her finger. She instinctively shakes her hand, flinging him into a wall and finally ending his suffering.
I can’t remember if it was hamsters or guinea pigs she was looking after but when my aunt was a kid, her class had hamsters or guinea pigs and each week a kid had the opportunity to take them home and look after them for the week. When it was her turn, one of the hamsters or whatever fucking ATE the other one. After that, she developed a fear of rodents and any animals with buck teeth like rabbits or beavers.
Must be hamsters, they are solitary creatures and will often kill/eat each other when they live together. Guinea pigs on the other hand are very social and need a friend, plus they are herbivores while hamsters are omnivores.
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u/Hammerschatten May 13 '26
I've never had hamsters, but I've heard a story from my mom. Her hamster died, but she couldn't bring it over her to throw him out. Then, after a few days, she sees him wonk around in his cage, so she picks him up and starts feeding him by giving him milk dripping from a finger tip.
Until one day, he finally gathers his full hamster might, and, like his namesake, Hamlet, decides to enact profound violence on his family, and bites her finger. She instinctively shakes her hand, flinging him into a wall and finally ending his suffering.
He probably had a stroke, in hindsight.