Please don't laugh, but I think I may have eaten dd's hamster, I am so upset.

[LaPauvre]

Please don't laugh at me, I am so upset. She is at school, she will be gutted

I warmed up a pot of chicken casserole left over from yesterday to have for my lunch. I have eaten it, it's too late to do anything, but it was boiling for a good hour before I ate it and now I've just gone to feed dd's hamster and his cage is open and he isn't there . There was no lid on the casserole pot, his cage was on the shelf at the other end of the kitchen and the door was shut so there isn't really anywhere else he could have gone. He must have fallen in and drowned before it got hot, that's the only thing I can think of. I didn't find the hamster in the stew obviously, but there were some hairs in the pot, I just washed it it was full of bones anyway because they were those cheap chicken portions just boiled in from frozen.

Please, don't just laugh at me, I know this sounds silly but he was my daughter's birthday present, she is 6 and I don't think she will ever forgive me

Ham sandwiches?

Still looking pointedly at the gaping hole where Soupdragon normally is...

ssd asks what it tasted like. I would imagine it was somewhat like chicken.

it's such an odd story, it could have happened. the strangest stories are often true

For anyone who was actually interested: dh and I have searched the whole house and we cannot find any sign of him. No droppings either. The back door was shut tightly, so I can't think of anything that can have happened to him other than what I said in the first place. It does make me feel sick but it is too late now.

dd has not been told anything other than that we think he must have got out and dh is going to take her to the petshop tomorrow after school to choose another one. She is still very upset and is angry with me.

Thanks, to the few people who didn't just think it was funny for my daughter to lose her pet.

Well at least we arent talking about eating spiders any more. I feel a bit safer now.

Not read the whole thread.

Have you checked the toaster?

You'd be suprised at where they can squeese into, he's probably behind your kitchen cabinets.

if you are for real the hamster could have got in behind the kitchen units, honestly, they can crawl into the smallest places - put some food out tonight, if it is gone or touched in the morning you know he's still alive and you can get a humane trap from the pet shop.

but too many parts of your story are inconsistant for me to believe it's actually true, if it was left over caserole you wouldn't have cooked it for an hour surely, and if it contained bones the blender would have broken when you tried to blend it, plus you would notice a hamster floting in the pot.

ive not laughed so much in ages!are you going veggie now?

Really LaPauvre, Dave escaped from a closed cage and turned up a week later in my kitchen. I wouldn't be buying a replacement just yet.

absolutely pmsl

vole-au-vent, anyone?

if a hamster has genuinely escaped he could be anywhere in the house by now. Ours got up inside the cavity and ended up in the bathroom ceiling.

If you want to catch it the best way is to put som e food in a bucket with a ramp leading up to the rim - the hamster climbs up the ramp and falls in the bucket and can't get out again.

He is likely to be most active at night.

What's a humane trap? Will it hurt him? It would be worth a try.

No, the blender didn't break, iti s one of those ones like a stick with the blades in the end, you just put it on the bits you want to whizz, I had sweet potato and swede in there I wanted to mush up. There were all the chicken bones from the chicken portions as well, it doesn't break the blender!

Can't you go out and buy another hamster that looks the same, she wont notice!

Im sure you would of noticed if you had cooked the hamster what with the fur and evrything.

How would it have got into the stew?

"Hmm...that's odd, I don't remember putting raisins in this casserole..."

Hang on. You grind up the bones in the processor?

No, bbs, not the bones, the vegetable pieces.

It isn't funny. You are actually upsetting me now.

you checked the whole house quickly.

put the cage on the floor, door open, and see if its there in the morning. we had a wandering hamster, she was always disappearing, but always came back after a night or two.

a humane trap is a bit like a cage. you put food in the back and when the hamster goes in to get it it triggers a mechanism that brings the door down so he can't get out.

An Ode To Hamster Eater:

I ate my daughters hamster,
Or at least I think I did
It fell into my cooking pot,
(it didn't have a lid)

Lets just hope for its poor sake,
It headed for the door
And lives its life in lush green fields
And not a pasta bake!

So let this be a lesson,
Cover up your lunch....
And please don't tell your daughter
You ATE IT WITH A CRUNCH!!!!

Were you bored around 3.30 Mars?

pmsl @ludaloo!!!

LaPauvre where is the problem. You know that it is very unlikely that you have actually eaten the furry little rat. You've just said that you will try a humane trap, you will locate the hamster dd will be delighted and you will be able to look back at this thread and laugh.