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

Guessing this is kitchen - 1 million hiding spaces. Mine escaped when I was little, went under the fridge and ate the wiring. Stayed there for ages and we couldn't get it out.

Don't be ridiculous you can't have eaten it

The longer you insist you have the more people will think its a windup.

eugh yes. have you got short hamsterish hair lapauvre?

Sorry katierocket but I think you are being a bit stupid, telling me you don't believe me is not going to help me or my dd when she comes home and finds him gone.

but he'd be WHOLE

hamsters don't DISSOLVE, you are getting them confused with Aspirin

unless he took a little knife in with him and conveniently filleted himself?

LaPauvre, I'm quite certain you didn't eat the hamster. We have dwarf hamsters and even those you would spot in a casserole.

He's probably squeezed into some crevice or even under the door. also silly question but have you checked the cage properly? He might just have dug himself in

And don't be annoyed at those posters who are having a laugh, it has sort of a comical side to it

That'll be there from where he threw it in... these hamsters are cunning dontcha know!

I think Pauvre is a regular - and one with fairly reasonable spelling and grammar. Spelling/grammar don't match with content IMO.

Still quite an entertaining effort.

So the problem is not that you ate it, it is your dd's devastation!

I do think that you would've noticed it. Definitely the fur at least, and it will damn hard to miss scull bones and claws. I think you can relax, it probably just got out and is about.

As a child my brother had one that could squeeze through it cage and would usually end up in some clothes somewhere. I would suggest you look on in "cosy" places as they are nocturnal and like to sleep during the day, also check the cage again, it is possible that it is still asleep deep in the cage.

the hair on the casserole is probably mould

so no need to worry then

PMSL, this is hilarious, reminds me of the drowned gerbil!

What sort of hamster was it, LP?

Maybe he dressed up as a mad cow and came on MN to cause trouble?

I have pulled out the fridge, he isn't under it and i have looked in the cupboards and had all the saucepans out. My thinking was he had popped into the saucepan before I started heating it up and not been able to get out. It isn't funny really, it's horrible

PMSL at aspirin!

LP, you'd have noticed a freaking hamster in your dinner, OK?

LOLOL @ MP

pmsl... I have got a little white hamster in my kitchen drawer... or was that an asprin? They are very easyto mix up...

but youd find his feet and fur init wouldnt you?have you diseccted the casserole, that should be your firstjob

hamsters can get anywhere, La Pauvre. Ours got into the downstairs flat once and narrowly escaped being brained by the woman who lived there who thought he was a wild rat. I guess you should pick through the casserole bones if you really think he could have got in there but I honestly think it's v unlikely.

look. a skull is quite obvious. it does not look like chicken bones. if you have boiled your hamsters fur and flesh off, its skull would be floating around the pot with the chicken bones. if there's no skull, your hamster is under the fridge. if you check and then come back and say yes, i am holding here a little hamster skull, i'll buy you a new one myself.

"hamsters don't DISSOLVE, you are getting them confused with Aspirin "

quote of the week, definitely

Not funny, it's bloody hilarious...

I for one would notice if I chewed a hamster's tail

or eyeball for that matter

is it watching tv in the other room?

Yes Bozza, I can spell, I have A-Level English, but so do lots of people, I don't see why that means I am not genuine.

I am looking at the doors again now, the back door definitely not, it is sealed, but the door to the hall and stairs has a bit of a gap, it looks too narrow to me though.

she cant check the casserole ofr skulls, shes eaten it has she not?

the casserole not the skull

or maybe both