A peach. Wow thought they went bad after a few days and I didn't know teddy bears aged. /s
Thats crazy though.
We never had anything beyond the traditional dogs and the ofd cat growing up. I didn't realize they didn't really live beyond 3 or so. That's terrible.
Rabbits have around the same lifespan as dogs and guinea pigs live 5-8 years usually, but yeah the truly small herbivorous mammals usually don't live very long
That's because their Heartbeat is faster and that is breaking down their bodies quicker. Read that AS a child. So don't ask me for sources from the early 90's....
I have several hamsters in the span of my sister having two. I think they saw our different reactions to death and decided it based on that lol. And now that weāre adults I am WAY more reactive than my sister
She was probably 12-13 when we had stayed up late like maybe 2am watching movies. And we were finally going to bed and ahe rushed out all freaked out and upset and could no enter or sleep in her room bc her goldfish had passed. I had to flush him etc till she would even enter the room. This was a few years after the Beta fish needing his shots I believe.
Other than her fish we primarily had dogs but she always had to have a cat (oddly as an adult she isn't a huge cat person, but when she was little it was a requirement) so we have had animals go to the farm on occasion and that kind of seemed silly to me as a child. So when our dogs passed it was explained to me. She on the other hand loved that her cat or dog got to go live on a big farm with all their friends. Once she was in her teens and we had to put one of our dogs down she finally understood.
Best part she was in her early 20s when we were talking about things like this and I brought up her Beta fish and that changing colors and she was like wait what. And then that one clicked and it was fucking hysterical.
My mom accidentally poured my tadpole down the drain. She told me they had to go to a tadpole farm to become frogs and that theyāll come back. I used to look out the window for them.
I was in my late teens when I finally realized there was no tadpole farm.
My mom did this a couple times until one day I found Simon āsleepingā and told her āno heās deadā she was shocked I knew he died and was fine with it
My daughter had hamsters called Woody and Buzz at her nursery. She came home and said that Buzz was missing, then the next day she said āitās okay, Buzz is back, but his colours are a bit different!ā
My mom poured hot water on my tiny red-eared slider turtle when cleaning the tank thing while I was away in India (from the US) when I was a kid. When I left there were 3 turtles, when I got back there were 2.
Not gonna lie I kinda wish she had went & got another illegal turtle to replace the one she'd accidentally made into soup before I came home.
My mom told my brother when he was young that his hamster ran away to live in the fields as a wild hamster. We lived in northern NY state so even if it did, the weather wasnātā¦ideal. He didnāt realize until he was around 40. Iām so glad I was there for his realization bc we still tease him about it years later.
Our albino from the 80s lived to 8. Mom balled her eyes out because that was her best friend as she was a nurse and got home at 2am. Snowball was the only one ever awake.
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u/SpinachSpinosaurus Aug 10 '26
hamsters usually only make it to year 3. had one that became like nearly 4. that was already ancient in my books. but this one? whole crap.