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Moon, this ones for you! The tale of the hamster

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Submitted by My4kidsmom on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 7:40am

I have never allowed rodents in my house! I remember having gangsters as a kid and they stunk so I've always told the kids no. Well we find out SD has a little hamster and her dogs. We made her re-home the new puppy before we picked her up and she brought the German Shepard that we bought her 7 years ago. I find out enroute that she has a dwarf hamster in her car.
I told her "not in the house" she can keep him on the screened porch or in the garage. She agreed. So she gets here and gets unloaded and finally brings the hamster in and he's so tiny and ridiculously cute. Anyway I caved ans said she could bring him in IF she kept his cage spotlessly clean. She didn't beg, he was just so tiny I thought he would freeze to death outside the house. Obviously not my hill to die on! I folded like a deck of cards. Lol

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Submitted by My4kidsmom on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 7:41am

Gangsters?? I had gangsters as a kid? Roflmbo
Stupid autocorrect. But those gangsters are pretty stinky, just sayin.

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Submitted by Ninji on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 7:48am

My Skids have hamsters and when I went in to feed them last night, one was missing. Thankfully I found it under the dresser before the dogs found it. Smile

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Submitted by My4kidsmom on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 7:50am

Haha. I have an 8 month old malamute puppy and she is already 85 pounds ans she likes to "play" with small animals and chickens until they are dead! This could get interesting.

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Submitted by zerostepdrama on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 7:52am

My mom put our gerbils cage by the window during the winter and one of the gerbils died from the cold Sad I am glad you caved. Smile

We had 2 gerbils, Sam and Samantha. They had babies and then they ate them. :O

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Submitted by ChokinOnLemonz on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 8:00am

My daughter killed the gangster by sticking pencils in its cage. I kept telling her lead isn't part of a healthy diet for gangsters.

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Submitted by Sootica on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 8:04am

I had a Syrian hamster in my early 20's and it had a little container in the corner with cat litter in it where she would go toilet. The cage never smelled, but the cage would also get cleaned out regularly too.
I'm glad you folded too, poor little thing would have froze.

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Submitted by My4kidsmom on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 8:09am

Maybe they weren't the "real" parents!! Surely there must have been a step-gerbilmom because really, why else would that happen? Lol

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Submitted by Monchichi on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 8:15am

I had a hamster as a child. She died Sad I was a terrible step hamster mom. It was a sign I tell you!

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Submitted by B22S22 on Thu, 04/23/2015 - 8:45am

I had a gerbil once...named HIM Howard Jones (the acne-faced kid at the pet store assured me it was a boy!!!). Anyhoo, Howard ended up having babies - 10 of them. Didn't eat a one of them that I know of. The babies were so cute once they got their fur. I took all 10 back to the pet store and made that acne-faced kid buy the babies for $1/per.