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

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LaPauvre · 09/11/2006 15:28

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

OP posts:
AllieIsNiceAndFluffy · 09/11/2006 21:48

i still don't know who lp is
[bimbo emoticon]

VeniVidiVickiQV · 09/11/2006 21:48

not for the fainthearted - just goes to show - it CAN happen

ilovecaboose · 09/11/2006 21:50

allie I haven't worked it out yet either and I wanna go to bed

hamstermunker · 09/11/2006 21:50

Moomin, is this what you had in mind with the sieve?

poppynboo · 09/11/2006 21:50

That is nasty

eurgh.

AllieIsNiceAndFluffy · 09/11/2006 21:51

v, who is it?

hatwoman · 09/11/2006 21:51

come on, just tell us who you are. 10/10 btw.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 09/11/2006 21:51

Check out the non response to one of my posts....

PennySweets · 09/11/2006 21:52

LePauvre, I am fairly new to MN too, and like yourself, am often a bit shocked at how nasty and horrible some people can be on this site. However, it is easy to be like that when you're communicating over the internet, under a false name with nobody, apart from those known to you personally, knowing your email address or anything else about you.

Back to the hamster issue, I agree with most that say that you would have noticed, and hamsters can and do get into the most amazing places. We had one that got into the deepest insides of an armchair, and another that got behind a brick fireplace. Armchair and fireplace had to be dismantled to get the little blighters out. Yes really. However, if you did blend the casserole, it is, I suppose, possible that the hamster was in your food and somehow you didn't notice. The best you can do in that case, is try to get over having actually eaten it. I can imagine that you are felling pretty grossed out, and are wondering if it may have any effect on your unborn baby. I'm sure you'll be okay in that respect, but do seek advice if you're concerned. You mentioned hairs in or around the cooking pot. You have a cat, as we do, we have dogs too, and cat and dog hair gets everywhere. This might explain the hairs.

There was another lady on a thread recently, who had posted about a different, more serious issue, she too was seeking advice and reassurance, and got nothing but abuse. It's not big and it's not clever.

Original poster
LaPauvre · 09/11/2006 21:54

PennySweets, I apologise deeply but it was actually a wind-up . Sorry, please don't be offended!

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wrinklytum · 09/11/2006 21:54

I can contribute a sad demise of hamster tale

When I was a student I had a pet hamster.
Not being able to afford a car,I had to travel on a coach to get home for half term.
I put the hamster in a box with airholes in,and carried it on my lap on the coach.The cage went in the luggage compartment before embarking.
Halfway through the journey I nodded off.
On arriving at my destination,I stood up grabbed the box and my bag,and ambled down the aisle.My progress was halted by a kindly old gentleman,who tapped me on the shoulder and said casually "Excuse me love,I think you left something behind" pointing at my seat.Imagine my horror when on closer inspection,the thing in question was a very flat,very dead squashed hamster.It had escaped,I had sat on it and suffocated the poor thing to death.

AllieIsNiceAndFluffy · 09/11/2006 21:54

er penny, there is no hamster, it's a piss take. V, there was one about steak and one about snot

happybiggirl · 09/11/2006 21:54

Message withdrawn

hatwoman · 09/11/2006 21:55

the medium rare one? looks like thats when fit sussed. but doesn't mean anything to me.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 09/11/2006 21:56

Come on manche de morves....

AllieIsNiceAndFluffy · 09/11/2006 21:56

look, it's 9:56 and i want to go to bed, tell me now please

foundintranslation · 09/11/2006 21:56

I'd sussed before the 'medium rare' post. The 'Ah' was directed at LP.

foundintranslation · 09/11/2006 21:57

Another clue in VVV's last post...

ilovecaboose · 09/11/2006 21:57

greensleeves?

PennySweets · 09/11/2006 21:58

It was a wind up? You have a very active imagination, LePauvre. (And perhaps too much time on your hands...)

Still, what I said about responses on MN still stands.

I will now tell you, without feeling bad, (I was going to keep it from you, see) I PMSL when I first read it too!

Original poster
LaPauvre · 09/11/2006 21:58
OP posts:
AllieIsNiceAndFluffy · 09/11/2006 21:59

greeny

AllieIsNiceAndFluffy · 09/11/2006 21:59

pure genius oh green one

foundintranslation · 09/11/2006 21:59

Greeny you are fab.

hatwoman · 09/11/2006 22:00

well I know what half of that means and I think it's enough