#1- Baby hamsters are also known as pups.
#2- A mother hamster will snack on her young if she feels the babies are in an immediate danger she can't defend.
#3- Mommy hamsters will chomp on any baby they feel is sickly and won’t live too long.
#4- A mommy hamster tends to get all stressed out when dealing with the daddy hamster – as a result she will sometimes eat a kid or two.
#5- If the mommy hamster is malnourished she’ll dine on her kids.
#6- If a cage is crowded the mommy hamster will down a couple of her babies to make more room.
#7 when my then 6 year old found out that his hamster had just eaten its babies he cried all night long. As a result I have forever since hated hamsters.
ReplyDeleteMommy hamster sounds like kind of a bitch.
ReplyDeleteThat was truly informative.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea hamsters ate their young at all.
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wish the rich did the same thing....
ReplyDeleteMoral of the story? Be thankful you're not a baby hamster!
ReplyDeleteThe moral that I got is that the mama hamster has the best intentions in the passive-aggressive way only a mother can have.
ReplyDeleteMy kids staring at me....
ReplyDeleteI have an idea!!
World population control could be had by the hamster example. Seriously, I bet they have no overpopulation issues, huh? Insuring the species and its healthy evolution. Perhaps the first time a kid steals a toy from another child, moms should take that as a sign to pull out the ketchup bottle and a nice chianti. A little hamster threat may go a long way....
ReplyDeleteI can relate. I've been known to snap my kids heads off when their Dad gets on my nerves too.
ReplyDeleteCould it be said that the momma hamster was just cleaning up the litter?? No?
ReplyDeleteMore nightmares.
ReplyDeletesay it ain't so...
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