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The hamster that ate burritos is now eating pizza.... (Original Post) MADem May 2014 OP
He needs to get on that treadmill. Jesus Malverde May 2014 #1
Don't do the slice if you can't pay the price, don't do it pinboy3niner May 2014 #5
lulz... Jesus Malverde May 2014 #6
put a little hamster with him and he'll eat that also leftyohiolib May 2014 #2
Eww--do they do that? nt MADem May 2014 #8
yup leftyohiolib May 2014 #9
I love DU--learn something new every day! MADem May 2014 #10
i heard it on the stephanie miller show and looked it up leftyohiolib May 2014 #11
i always thought gerbils did that. never heard of hamsters eating babies. n/t orleans May 2014 #16
I've always found that really bizarre. What good does it do to eat the babies if they're "in danger" nomorenomore08 May 2014 #27
The underrated hamster. zanana1 May 2014 #3
that is one fat hamster mainer May 2014 #4
No dressing!!! nt MADem May 2014 #7
It may take a little more than salad... pinboy3niner May 2014 #15
Too cute! femmocrat May 2014 #12
Heh - LiberalElite May 2014 #13
+1!!! nt MADem May 2014 #18
Nom nom nom shenmue May 2014 #14
i love those "teddy bear the porcupine" videos orleans May 2014 #17
Cousin It!!! Lars39 May 2014 #19
only way cuter and adorable n/t orleans May 2014 #20
As long as you don't take his pumpkin. :-) Lars39 May 2014 #21
It's not good table manners to eat and talk at the same time. n/t Yavin4 May 2014 #24
And remind me never to ask him even a yes-or-no question pinboy3niner May 2014 #25
Meh. Now if you had a pizza eating a hamster, that would be news. pinboy3niner May 2014 #22
Definitely the latter!!!! MADem May 2014 #26
Squee! That is the roundest little hamster I've ever seen. Arugula Latte May 2014 #23
 

leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)
9. yup
Fri May 9, 2014, 12:00 PM
May 2014

Female hamsters are also particularly sensitive to disturbances while giving birth, and may even eat their own young if they think they are in danger, although sometimes they are just carrying the pups in their cheek pouches.[4] If captive female hamsters are left for extended periods (three weeks or more) with their litter, they may cannibalize the litter, so the litter must be removed by the time the young can feed and drink independently

http://www.ask.com/wiki/Hamster

MADem

(135,425 posts)
10. I love DU--learn something new every day!
Fri May 9, 2014, 12:02 PM
May 2014

I did not come from a "hamster" family. They weren't popular as pets when I was a child (which was in the dark ages!).

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
27. I've always found that really bizarre. What good does it do to eat the babies if they're "in danger"
Mon May 12, 2014, 04:15 AM
May 2014

- obviously they wind up dead anyway. Of course hamsters are animals and act on instinct, but still.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
26. Definitely the latter!!!!
Sun May 11, 2014, 02:39 AM
May 2014

I have to say, I can't wait to see what the little fart will eat next.

I suppose I need a life...

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