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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
Today, I woke up to one of my hamsters cannibalizing the other. 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, I insulted my younger sister's hamster. She then smashed me with a stool. 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 was looking after a hamster for a friend. My dog ate it. FML
Today, my little sister was in charge of doing the vacuuming, when she decided our hamster had "dust on his back". 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, I was babysitting my neighbour's six hamsters. My cat got in the room and opened the cage. I came home to no hamsters in sight and a very satisfied looking cat. FML
Today, I got a hamster against my wife's will. I can't wait until she wakes up and I have to tell her it's loose in the house. FML
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pandalover69 26
Hamesters have been known to eat their babies, it's sad but normal.
Jacksparrow72 21
Damn, nature you SCARY.
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Comments (129)
Wizardo 34
This is quite common with hamsters as they are extremely territorial. Your hamster probably thought that its children will encroach on its home in the future and that's why it rejected and killed them. Hamsters are actually vicious, don't let the fat fur ball fool you.
Fluffasuars_Rawr 15
but that fat fur ball is so adorable!
Mossears133 15
Yeah, the bloodstained fur really makes their beady little demon eyes just sparkle!
KingCeltic77 18
This reminds me of the FML of the person with two cats and one cat got jealous when the other cat had kittens and ate them. A lot of cannibalism lately.
Wizardo 34
The bath salts are getting into the pet foods and turning things very gorey... the animal zombie apocalypse looms my friends.
coldstar 15
Those were my cats. It seems domesticated animals owned by FML users are reverting to their base instincts lately. Sorry OP, FYL. Sometimes things just don't work out.
cmoney1992 9
I would imagine that would be traumatizing for ANY child to see...
profoundkisses 18
Holy shet
ShadowWolfoxImp 18
Hamsters will sometimes eat them if they are unable to take care of the babies, or if there is something wrong that would inhibit (Don't know if that's spelled right) the young's ability to survive. Or the mother hamster was underfed, or, as said before, thought the babies would be future competition for her.
AurumPotestasEst 16
You spelled "inhibit" correctly.
ShadowWolfoxImp 18
Oh yay! Thanks for telling me, 79! I usually have a lot of trouble with spelling, despite being 20, nearly 21. it's not cause I'm stupid or anything.. I just... can't spell well. XS Too much stuff in my mind!
yeongji 31
It is not uncommon for this to happen, especially with certain species that are caged up. If you ever suspect or are aware of your hamster being pregnant again, you and your family should keep an eye on her as close as possible to prevent this from happening again.
buddy51 23
"Hamster meat, Hamster meat there's not anything that tastes so sweet! I had some babies for a tasty treat When I have some more, them too I'll eat!" The Ballad of OP's Hamster
Mossears133 15
(O_O) What. The. ****.
buddy51 23
"I'll gnaw 'em in the kitchen, I'll bite 'em in the hall I'll eat their little feeties, I'll chow down on 'em all I'm gonna eat my babies, I'm gonna eat 'em all And after I have eaten, I'll cough up a lil hair ball!" Verse 2, Ballad of OP's Infanticidal Hamster
Melina_Ronja 13
why the **** would you let your hamster get babies anyway? you must have known thats a stupid idea
cristy91 33
Sometimes people get them and they're already pregnant. A lot of stores don't bother separating the ladies from the gents.
Uramonkey 11
30 - So they could save money on pet food! Duh!
UsagiArwen 23
I was like, 5 or 6 when my hamster had 10 babies. 2 of them died and she started eating on them. I looked at them, looked at my mother. Not at all disgusted, I asked, "Why is she trying to put them back in her tummy?" I think I was a morbid little kid.... BTW we had bought her and were told she had not been around male hamsters. So we didn't even know she was pregnant at the time. When they were born, I told mom that we had a married hamster.
Nienie87 1
I've dealt with tons of mommy hams eating her young (I work in a petstore) this is normal. Luckily my ham didn't do anything like that to her two.