Found: One Hamster

[wolf63]

Yet again my furry alarm clock has wakened by at silly o'clock in the morning and demanded immediate feeding. I toddled off downstair and put food in his and his sister's bowls. Frankie took one sniff of the food and stomped off - his sister screamed in alarm and raced back up the stairs. Bah!

I have just read this article in a Scottish paper - how can anybody lose a little one in such a way?

http://tinyurl.com/pvbtn32

[Dee Sa]

very cruel thing to do to a tiny hamster, have people got no heart in this modern world ?

[pixie373]

Aaaw. Glad he was found before he came to any harm.

[boxtops]

That's just cruel, but some people don't consider pets as having any value or feelings.....

I'm having to feed the boys at silly o'clock too, wolf, so they are all done and dusted before the builders come in at 8am each morning.

[mikey4444]

I hate all these stories of cruelty to animals. My brothers and I all had hamsters when we were boys and loved them all. Well, as soon as they stopped biting us that is !

In a country where people set dogs on each other for sport, should we surprised that people can be cruel to a hamster ?

[Peaspeculiars]

Articles like this make me so angry, there is simply no excuse for this!

Thank goodness that there are people in the world who open their hearts and homes to animals in need.

[anneasquith]

don't fret.......................the hamster is safe and well. I think it escaped :)

[berniecuddles]

the hamster we have at the moment was gonna be let loose in the garden (wife's friend)because it bit one of the kids who was poking it!
hamsters bite all the time that's what they do we have had her 6months now she was very timid at 1st but we let her out for an hour on the carpet every night,now she will sit in my hand and eat whatever i give her!
some people should just not be allowed pets!

[Peaspeculiars]

When we were kids, my sister and I each had a hamster and loved them. When we went to the seaside for the week, our elderly neighbour 'Auntie' Winnie kindly looked after them.
On our return, she guiltily explained that she had let them out for a roam in the living room and couldn't find one. Devastated, my sister stayed in her room crying until a week later - my mum was next door chatting and noticed a bump in Auntie Winnies electric recliner seat errrm.. moving.
One very hungry hamster was rescued out of the chair and my sister was reunited with 'tetanus'. Strange what you remember when you are a 4 year old eh?

[viv38]

There are some idiots out there! I remember hearing about a woman - an intelligent woman with a good job - who let the pet guinea pigs go free because the kids had left home and she didn't want to have to look after them!! The poor little things probably didn't survive the first night.

[tamborine]

Theyre everywhere

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals-and-Nature/Question1266459.html

[viv38]

What happened to the hamster in the end, did you give it to your grandson ?

[tamborine]

yes. gson loves it ;)

[wolf63]

I am not keen on small rodents - but mainly because they are so small and vulnerable. The world must be a terrifying place for something so tiny and defenceless.

I am not at all sure what people think will happen to any animal that they dump. A pampered pet is not going to enjoy being out in the cold or rain with no 'feeding on demand' or warm bed.

It always makes me wonder how well they treat their children.