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

Didn't Titania have a gerbil crisis?

And met with some slight insensitivity?

hang on.....heres ur first mistake....warmed up chicken CASSEROLE from y'day. firstly why the bones if its left overs? and since when did bones go in casserole???

There are small rodent crises.... and then there are those who allegedly EAT their small rodents without noticing...

couldnt you find the skull in the casserole?

And why were you eating yours at 3pm in the afternoon?

And then re heating an already re heated casserole (ignoring the fact that there was a possible unwanted ingredient in it notwithstanding!) to give to your family members..

chicken casseroles are far tastier if made with meat on the bone .. you can easily remove leg bones before serving to kids if you want

and if you want them to taste even meatier you can add a marmitey snack stick, much like a bouquet garni, to the pot

bob the hamster. I love it.

bob the hamster....can u eat it...bob the hamster....YES YOU CAN

I must stop posting i must stop posting

i had a boyfriend called bob, used to call him big bob coz he was well hung . totally irrelevant to the thread

Do NOT meintion that the hamster may have fallen in the casserole under any circumstances - that is pretty grim and upsetting. Just tell the hamster has escaped and maybe in the house somewhere.

It will be upsetting for your dd, but she'll get over it. Kids are pretty tough. Let's face it - you probably won't have a great evening tonight but lots of cuddles/ a favourite story etc should do the trick. Just DO NOT tell her about the hot pot!

Tutter in sleazy come hither mode

No, it was half of a casserole left over from yesterday, and I do casserole chicken pieces with the bones in, it's better for flavour! It was quite thick and brown in colour so I don't know whether I would have seen him or not . I didn't eat it all, I threw what was left in the rubbish because I didn't think it would be safe to heat it up a second time.

I can see that it is vey difficult talking to children about this kind of tragedy, Lepauvre, and I do sympathise.
Have you seen the Babette Cole book - Mummy Ate My Pet? maybe that could help your dd come to terms with it?

ok ... I have a friend who actually boiled her hamster. She was cleaning the cage with ve hot water and the hamster was running along the surface and fell into the sink with the hot water. It squealed as it fell in (so she tells it). She managed to get it straight out and unfortunately it had to be put to sleep, but what I'm trying to say is that if hammy, or is that cocky
fell into the chicken you would probably have known about it. In order to fall into a saucepan he would have had to climb up the side and then fall in - highly unlikely.

Either you are

a: making the whole thing up for a laugh,

or

b: the hamster did escape and as you can't find it you're being totally irassional and assuming you ate it. Reality is you could not have eaten the hamster without noticing it

galmum - there is absoluetly no way in hell the hamster fell into the casserole. hamsters are cleverer than that apart from anything else.

I've just made meatballs - and I have just realised that I haven't seen the cat for ages.

What can I tell the children?

LOL Blu

LaPauvre YOU DIDN'T EAT THE BLEEDIN HAMSTER, OK

chicken bones are rather a lot fatter than hamster bones though aren't they?

maybe the hamster's name is doodle (cock a doodle do)

Babette Cole!

Just a thought - he's not wedged in the toaster, by any chance?

Perhaps SP, if hamsters are clever, it's all a diversion tactic and it's actually just scarpered

ShinyHappy, it wasn't to give my family, I had some of it for lunch, it was only last night's it wasn't unhygienic to eat it, and I threw the rest away. Why are people trying to trip me up and interrogating me? I am telling the truth.

I won;t tell my dd about the casserole, it would break her heart and give her nightmares. Which I am sure would have you all in stitches.

Oooh just waiting for Sallystrawberries what are you haveing for dinner thread
Hammy has to be hiding somewhere.

What are the current guidlines on eating hamster during pregnancy anyway?