Animals: Today, my hamster gave birth. The babies were very cute and I...

By whymommywhy - 21/04/2009 03:11 - United States

Today, my hamster gave birth. The babies were very cute and I couldn't resist petting one. Apparently touching a baby hamster will cause it's mother to reject and devour it. I am now know in my family as "The Hamster Slaughterer." FML

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By Anonymous - 03/08/2013 17:59 - United States - Santa Rosa Beach

Today, my hamster had babies. I came home just in time to witness her kick the mutilated bodies of her two babies out of her house, then crawl back in and go to sleep. Now my sister refuses to touch her and calls her a "baby-eating demon." FML

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By Anonymous - 04/03/2021 14:01

Today, I showed my family my new pet hamster. At the sight of him, my grandmother, who I had no idea hated rodents, let out a loud screech, causing my usually docile hamster to bite me and piss in my cupped hand. FML

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By traumatised - 11/10/2009 16:16 - United Kingdom

Today, my new roommate decided to put his pet hamster in the same cage as my beloved hamster. Apparently he wanted them to make hamster babies. They are both males. His hamster attacked mine and tore it to pieces. I just finished cleaning up the mess. FML

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By deadhamster - 03/02/2012 18:29 - United States

Today, I woke up to one of my hamsters cannibalizing the other. FML

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By squeak - 12/09/2011 13:52 - United Kingdom

Today, I thought my hamster might be lonely, so I went to the pet shop and bought a new one to keep him company. The new hamster killed the old one. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/03/2009 01:33 - United States

Today, my sister brought her class hamster home from school. Somehow it escaped from its cage, and ran into my room. My boyfriend, thinking it was a mouse, stomped on it. I'm stuck cleaning hamster guts from my carpet, and have to explain to a kindergarten class what happened to their pet. FML

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By Karlo Kračun - 09/07/2020 08:08

Today, my mom wanted to surprise me by buying me a hamster. When I got into her car, I was actually surprised and even said, "Hi" to the hamster. When we got home, the hamster was dead. FML

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By zac545 - 19/02/2009 06:14 - United States

Today, I was looking after a hamster for a friend. My dog ate it. FML

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By idontevenlikehamsters - 08/04/2013 00:00 - United States - Manassas

Today, I found out my creepy, obsessive neighbor got a pet hamster and named it after me. He has been telling all sorts of stories about his hamster using my name, and he just told me in detail how it died of heart attack. FML

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By Chatons - 05/12/2013 06:52 - Switzerland

Today, my kittens hunted and killed their first prey. My hamster. FML

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Goobian 3

Tuesday 21 April 2009 12:49

Today I was born, and this strange creature towered over my mother and my siblings, and touched one of my siblings. Later my mother decided to eat the sibling that the creature touched. Now I am terrified of being petted. FML

Bumlove89 0

Tuesday 21 April 2009 12:35

I'm sorry to hear that. I honestly didn't know that fact either. I don't blame you because you didn't know and therefore didn't purposely do it.

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livetodisco 0

Friday 23 July 2010 9:53

However, if you touch all of the babies they don't do that. The reason they kill just the one baby is because it then smells like you and not like it's siblings...so by touching them all you usually fix that problem. Usually. Cats have been known to do that also with their newborn kittens.

jazzthefirst 5

Monday 2 August 2010 22:48

at least ur hampster gave birth only once... mine gave birth TWICE! i hav 10 hampsters! stupid pet store...

Edenbeam 19

Friday 17 September 2010 5:24

How did you not know that? :|

HunterAlpha1 8

Sunday 17 October 2010 0:44

another good reason to go with a dog instead. dogs don't do things like that, because they adore their master, so anything that smells like their master can't be bad.

panda_chick 2

Thursday 16 December 2010 16:37

thats gross but yes dog do it as well I had a dog that ate one of her puppies cause. a stranger came and pet it... animals are territorial so if it doesn't recognize the scent on the offspring theyll eat it because they may not know if something wrong with it because it smells so unfamiliar that's why if you pet sonething that's just born you wash your hands and each time before you pet let the the mom get a sniff of your hands first then pet it