Hamsters, mother's eat their children and their spouse

FXCLM5

bombaclaud
Whhhhhaaaaaaat

Anytime a mother hamster feels troubled due to not enough food or water they will consume their young and their spouses.


Whaaaaaaaaat:wow
 

DReg350

Well-known member
I just know that I don’t wanna be a male praying mantis...

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lefty

Well-known member
Whhhhhaaaaaaat

Anytime a mother hamster feels troubled due to not enough food or water they will consume their young and their spouses.


Whaaaaaaaaat:wow

Buuuutt, they look soo cute and harmless.............. :wtf
 

Kim

It’s cold in Colorado
I learned this lesson the hard way. When I was like 9 my mom was working at a day care. They had hamsters and one had recently given birth. The kids were messing with mom and picking up the babies. We leave for nap come back and it’s a mass massacre. She’s killed all her babies and was in the middle of eating one when I ran to my mom to tell her.

I guess the scent of humans was viewed as a threat so she eliminated that threat.
 

FXCLM5

bombaclaud
I learned this lesson the hard way. When I was like 9 my mom was working at a day care. They had hamsters and one had recently given birth. The kids were messing with mom and picking up the babies. We leave for nap come back and it’s a mass massacre. She’s killed all her babies and was in the middle of eating one when I ran to my mom to tell her.

I guess the scent of humans was viewed as a threat so she eliminated that threat.

Yea my gf was reading about all these posts of ppl who witnessed their 1st massacre, and I was like ugh whaaaat :wtf.

That must be terrifying to lil kids, one day they are there and then they aren't. :wow
 

Godsdarling

Smile & Wave for me!
Wolf Spider and the Black Widow eat their mates. Tiger sharks and Tiger Salamander babies eat each other. Polar bears have been known to eat their cubs.
 

Kurosaki

Akai Suisei - 赤い彗星
Whhhhhaaaaaaat

Anytime a mother hamster feels troubled due to not enough food or water they will consume their young and their spouses.


Whaaaaaaaaat:wow

Doesn't have to be young or 'spouses', whatever spouses means for pets:laughing. Two hamsters living in the same cage, then yeah.

I had one of my hamsters eat the other when I was a kid. Two males part of the same litter. Brought home at the same time to avoid territorial behavior of introducing a new roommate later. I think I forgot to put food in the cage before going to school. Came home to find one chowing down on the other, half his skull exposed. Never had a problem with them getting along before then.

Fairly disturbing when you're in elementary school and your other hamsters died from just being old.
 

Godsdarling

Smile & Wave for me!
Donner party?

Party of 10?

Idaho is the only state where it is illegal except for extreme circumstances, law added in 1990 :laughing nothing on the books making it illegal any other states. No going Hannibal Lecter on us with fava beans!

TITLE 18
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 50
MAYHEM
18-5003. CANNIBALISM DEFINED — PUNISHMENT. (1) Any person who wilfully ingests the flesh or blood of a human being is guilty of cannibalism.
(2) It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of the provisions of this section that the action was taken under extreme life-threatening conditions as the only apparent means of survival.
(3) Cannibalism is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding fourteen (14) years.
History:
[18-5003, added 1990, ch. 210, sec. 2, p. 468.]
 

FXCLM5

bombaclaud
Lol why do ppl think hamsters are good as pets then, it's like if you forget water/food for a split second - you can be witnessing a feast fest
 

Kurosaki

Akai Suisei - 赤い彗星
They're fun, low maintenance, and don't take up a lot of space.

I don't know any other kids that had a situation like mine. Forgetting to drop a few food pellets in the cage was just a really bone head move. It's not like you forget some food and they go full cannibal in an hour.
 

FXCLM5

bombaclaud
They're fun, low maintenance, and don't take up a lot of space.

I don't know any other kids that had a situation like mine. Forgetting to drop a few food pellets in the cage was just a really bone head move. It's not like you forget some food and they go full cannibal in an hour.

lol if you read some of the posts, its exactly that :rofl - go to store and come back and cant find the babies no mo :wow

how the hell does 1 hamster consume their entire litter and their spouse in 1 feast?

thats like turkey day x 10 for us
 

Kurosaki

Akai Suisei - 赤い彗星
If people are going to the store and coming back to dead pets, those pets were already starving. Gotta keep up on the last time you gave 'em food and water just like any animal.
 
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