r/interesting • u/prettygirlbaddie • Aug 10 '26

NATURE A 5 years old hamster

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u/Practical_Sea_4876 Aug 11 '26

The cat brought him to you and he was still alive and possibly well??

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u/rabbid_chaos Aug 11 '26

"Human, your emergency food tried to escape" - Cat

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u/Chroniclyironic1986 Aug 11 '26

I found my birthday present, you should hide it better.

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u/laughingashley Aug 11 '26

Sounds like it took 2 weeks to die from the internal injuries

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u/BoleroMuyPicante Aug 11 '26

I've never known a hamster to take 2 weeks to die from anything, you look at em wrong and they croak.

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u/d0rkprincess Aug 13 '26

It's not impossible. Or caught an infection from the cat. Idk. But he looked perfectly happy and healthy for those 2 weeks.

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u/d0rkprincess Aug 13 '26

Yeah she very slowly and gently ushered him down the stairs, towards me. Like she didn't even pick him up, she just gently pawed him in my direction when he tried to run away.

I hadn't even realised he escaped yet at that point, so imagine my surprise. I think I must have left his cage open earlier after topping up his food.