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I have just made a very grim discovery. My sons pet hamster has died.

I can't bring myself to tell him, and I am sat here hoping he doesn't go wanting to get him out of the cage for his daily play.

I know I'm a wimp, but, I will have to wait for my mum to finish work now at 8oclock, so she can come round and delivery the bad news to Zack, then we will prepare a funeral:o .

Who said having kids was easy!!!!!!!!!!:rolleyes:

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When you txt me I told you what to do ;) Just wait and tell him on Xmas day :D

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I thought we agreed Christmas eve, then he could enjoy Christmas day??:D :D ;)

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Tell him it's hibernating and he must not disturb it........then get him a new one on Saturday, the same colour and he'll never know the difference:D

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I know this is a silly question, but , do they wake up easily when they are hibernating??

You see, I thought he was at first, So I dragged him round the cage, but, he still didn't wake up:o so i think he's dead!!!

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PMSL!

With the title of the thread I thought you were on your way up to murder me for being ........ well ...... no help at all really :D

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oh dear
dragged him round the cage oh dear oh dear !!!!!!

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Perhaps it’s Hypothermic, Stick in the Microwave and see if it runs round the little plate….:D

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Aren’t we awful? I think you should do what lettie suggests, less tears that way……:)

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No he is deffo dead!!!!!!! I just shook the cage again, and he is in the same position................no sign of life. If he is hibernating, it is his own fault, cos he is getting buried alive tonight:o

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Definately go with letties Idea it would be safer either that or get him a couple of nice friendly fun loving ratties.

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Poke it one, see if its stiff.............:eek:

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Try giving it the kiss of life ;) ........ in fact I double dog s**t dare ya! ;)

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If it dosnt Tinks are you volenteering for the task in hand? :rolleyes:

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Now let's not get giddy eh Spug ;)

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Not quite giddy yet but getting there. All that is need is some fairy magic. ;)

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I don't know if they hibernate or not Slinky.... I don't think they do but I'm not a hamster expert...:confused: If you think he's dead then he probably is. At least if you leave him there until Saturday......you'll know one way or the other..:D

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Sometimes hamsters do appear dead but are actually alive. Even poking them doesn't wake them. Put your fingers on its belly to see if theres a pulse.

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Owwww yuck!! no way. I deal with a lot of dead people in my line of work....but I don't do dead fluffy things......... I looked for breathing, no couldn't see anything, that's enough for me. MUM to the rescue, she can check tonight!!:D

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my hamster died 3 times before it finally snuffed it!

just shout very loudly or strum a guitar for about 5 minutes next to its cage :D

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It's a shame :( ................ we haven't still got the snakes coulda saved you a shoe box! :D

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Ur all mean poor hamster :P well i dont what im talking about my poor little hamster had a metal cage and he hung himself on the bars :(

I can't have been that bad of an owner can I that he decided to do himsef in?

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my ex once thought her hamster was dead and her brother put it in the oven and after a few seconds it came tro life

turns out it was hibernating so yes it can take a lot to wake them up

the above story may not be true though as it has been since found that my ex is full of sh1t so its hard to know truth from fiction lol

if it feels cold and is rock hard like a stone then rigamortise has set in and its dead

ps:

do not put in oven as i never did find out what gas mark setting was used or how long it was cooking for lol

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Lmao!!!!!!!!! omg that made me pmsl........ Too late now, vet mum has been, she said " hmm definitely dead" so I guess it must have been.
I still have to face telling my son in the morning:o

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say he has gone to be one of santa's little helpers...

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Thanks for the advice, but GC, 8 going on 80, he will just give me one of them looks as to say " please mum, give me some credit".:rolleyes: :D

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You could try saying he was playing on the PC and enjoyed his time with mouse so much that he decided to move to this site!! He can look ater him and visit him there!!!


After all your worrying and sensitivity he'll probably say something like... "DERRRRRRRRRR MUM HE'S DEAD..........GET OVER IT!!"

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90043 CA
USA.

Still time to catch the Christmas post.;)

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Years ago, my daughter's turn to bring the hamster home from school. One morning my wife came upstairs Telling me quietly the Cat had got the hamster.
Urgent action required, hamster put into it's nest box with just a little showing. When my daughter got up over to feed boris, my wife said for her to leave it alone as it seemed to be hibernating.
Wife takes daughter out visiting so that I can take the corpse to the local pet shop & try to get a substitute. Boris had been white with brown patches
so getting a perfect match chances next to nil.
Fortunately the pet shop had a hamster but different pattern & much smaller, it will have to do.
Daughter comes home over to cage, What's happened to Boris? What do you mean I asked innocently, His patches have moved & he's alot smaller (it's a good job hamsters aren't very big or she might have noticed he has also changed sex!).
Well, said I sometimes when hamsters hibernate they shed their skin which can make them seem smaller & the new skin changes colour. She was happy with that, went out to play.
The following Monday my wife takes boris back to
school and explains in confidence to teacher, teacher says boris was an old hamster & when he died they weren't going to replace him so we shouldn't have bothered.
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A heart warming moral story that Less.

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I can not stand dead animals. When our pet Hamster died I could not face the thought of picking it up even with a pair of gloves!

I picked up the cage, put it in the car and drove to the tip where I chucked it!

I think the hamster and the cage got buried pretty quick!:D

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the only fairy magic you know spugs is the green variety http://www.isleofavalon.co.uk/commun...greenfairy.jpggo on get it down your fat neck ,"if you dare" ahhh! absinthe makes the heart grow fonder

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have you still got the body

i could do with some food for my snake you could save me a couple of quid :D

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Just out of interest, is the creature a Dwarf or a Syrian hamster? If its the former, then it's dead: if its the latter, then it is possible it could be hibernating. You need to look at it for a good hour and look for signs of its little whiskas moving. If they don't move, then bin it and get another & say that after hibernation hamsters look a bit different than before.

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Yep sounds reasonable to me. Just tell them that they regenerate like Doctor Who!:D

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It could be hibernation. A lot of people bury live hamsters because of this. If it starts to stink and decay, you know it really is dead ! Ewwwwww :eek:

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I used to have two Russian Dwarf Hamsters. What the chap in the pet shop told me was that they get on well together!

Apparently not!

I will put it this way!

We ended up with just one big one!:eek:

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Shouldnt laugh ..not laughing ..honest ....:D :D :D

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Hamster sniffing would not be my idea of checking if it dead.

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I suppose nothing really has to go to waste.

Slinks, if all else fails, insert a stick up its bottom and barbecue it!!!!

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Not much meat on one wolfie so what would the accompaniment be?

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Very good point. Though if you get a few more you could use them as dippers! Make a good starter!

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Wonder if they are as good as chicken dippers? Lets email Delia Smith for a recipie.

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They could be. Lets face they will have that extra crunch factor!:D

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And we know it was well treated prior to its demise and as free range will have that extra "BIT OF FLAVOUR" :eek: :D

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hmmm, we could set up a marketing arangement!

SLINKY'S FREE RANGE HAMSTERS
GET THEM HERE!

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Be a nice profit margin for good organic food emmmmmm i like it. :D

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It would, we could do all kinds of varieties!

Deep Fried, Frozen with ice cream, Stewed Dwarf Surprise!

Midget hamster O'van.

Pickled Dwarfletts!

Or just dice them and introduce them as a new pizza topping!

Just add a bit of spice!

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Wether Slinks would let us see the profits is a different matter. :( She might want to barbecue us. :)

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Good point. Wolf Barbecue.

Goes well with pickled dwafletts!

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Wolfie, Spug, don't be so rotten, Slinks came on here with a sad tale about a childrens pet and the only thing you two can do is take the p*ss, Shame on you both!

By the way if you have any dippers left put me down for three of them will you I'll pay you later, Ta.

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Less will try and get them to you before she has us hung drawn and 1/4'd. ;)

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Omg!! what are you lot like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D :D :D

Well I broke the bad news to Zack this morning. His first reaction was to say " yeah right mum whateva!" My kids know my sense of humour, and he honestly thought I was joking!!!:o

Then I think he could tell by the look on my face I wasn't joking. He went to the cage, and, came back with tears running down his face..........Its gone.

I cheered him up a little bit by saying I would go and choose another one with him this weekend. So yes, I am hamster shopping this weekend:mad: .

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Why don't you get a rabbit instead? There are some great recipes for rabbit, just in case it dies.

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Well it's the same every year everything left until the last minute then just before the celebrations begin you end up with an unexpected expense!
If you had planned it better you wouldn't have this problem.

In the new year get in touch with me and I'll sign you up for my Christmas hampster club it will only cost you a few pence a week however if you pay a 20% deposit up front you can have a discount on the 'fairground goldfish emergency replacement Service.'

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ime thinking of selling my pets snake it will last longer than any hampster

are you interested

if it dies you will easily get 2 good belts made from it and has nice markings so the belts will look very nice you could even make his and hers matching ones :D

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Play ping-pong with it. Failing that fetch it to mine, my cats willlet you know if it is dead or not :p

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Slinks still reckon a couple of rats is better they can live 7 years and dont hibernate.