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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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
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
Today, I woke up to one of my hamsters cannibalizing the other. FML
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
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
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
Today, I was looking after a hamster for a friend. My dog ate it. FML
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
Today, my kittens hunted and killed their first prey. My hamster. FML
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Goobian 3
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
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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KarenBoBaren86 0
I had the same thing happen, but after the babies were born, we did some reading up. The mom was still crazy and ate the babies anyway, even though we did everything right. But still, why would you not read up on this as soon as it gave birth? That's what my family did, and that was before the convenience of Google.
UltimateIdiot911 0
You deserve it. The least you could have done is looked up how to take care of hamster babies after it gave birth. We are in the age of information and technologies. Besides, I thought it was pretty common knowledge not to touch animal babies till they are at least old enough to get around.
ammali 0
FML and YDI, I wish I could pick both.
mizolips 0
you seriously didnt know hamsters eat their young if we touch them?
hans12 0
i had no freaking idea hamsters eat their young if they're touched
shaBAMalex 0
it's a bit late, but LOL@ #9
MoobyTheCow 2
In a couple months you'll be intentionally handling them. Just wait.
Epic_Fail_Sauce 0
Deserved, dipshit
wannabesinger 16
I always thought it was the men that would eat the babies. When I was really young, some lady at the petstore had me persuade my mom into letting me buy two guinea pigs for the price of one. She failed to mention they were male and female. So whenever the female had litters, we just seperated the male, and everything was fine. It confuses me when people say you never touch baby animals. When dogs and cats give birth, it's usually the owner that picks them up, cuts the cord and cleans them off before handing it back to the mother. Baby animals are touched a lot, it's just that some animals have the tendency to eat their young. You can't really prevent that.
jolar1 0
Now imagine witnessing the same thing at 8 or 6 years old. That was me and my brother. It was a severely traumatizing experience.