Hamsters

[CB Saint]

Looking after my nephew hamster(rat) at the moment. It's getting on a bit and I am a bit afraid that the little git will die on my watch. Should the worst happen, should I fess up or buy another or just flush it down the bog. All suggestions will be considered (even Bearsy's)

[John Boy Saint]

Should it pop its little Cloggs round yours fess up, make a little coffin for it and keep it somewhere cool so your Nephew can bury it in the garden preferrably under a Rose bush, Roses are "carnivorous" and always thrive on a bit of decaying pet through their roots.

Then take him down the pet shop for a replacement, they are cheap.

If you decide to cover it's demise make sure you know what sex it was, Boy Hamsters are much more friendly than Girl ones.

Edited 23 August, 2012 by John Boy Saint

[scotty]

How old is your nephew? If he's under about 7, probably best to shield him from the awful truth that you killed his pet. Any older than that and he could cope with the brutal reality.

[RonManager]

Looking after my nephew hamster(rat) at the moment. It's getting on a bit and I am a bit afraid that the little git will die on my watch. Should the worst happen, should I fess up or buy another or just flush it down the bog. All suggestions will be considered (even Bearsy's)

It's already happened, hasn't it.

[maysie]

If it dies, sell it to a blind boy and then get a replacement with the proceeds.

[CB Saint]

How old is your nephew? If he's under about 7, probably best to shield him from the awful truth that you killed his pet. Any older than that and he could cope with the brutal reality.

 

He has just turned 7!!! Which should I go?

[CB Saint]

It's already happened, hasn't it.

 

I wish, the little sod is already booked in for Xmas and next eEaster. I suspect it will croak at Xmas just to spite me.

[Shufty Zubrik]

Left the rabbit out one night. Fox got it. Kids mortified. Forever known as the rabbit killer of Chandlers Ford.

[Dimond Geezer]

My own experience of dead pets, is within about 2 hours the kids have got over it & are already planning what they want next. My son's Syrian hammy died overnight, he went very quite for about 15 minutes, then perked up and went to school as normal (my son, not the deceased ). In the evening we had a funeral & lots of tears. About an hour later he came down stairs declaring he wanted a dog, we negotiated this down to 2 dwarfs hammys.

 

So give nephew a couple of hours & he'll stop hating you.

[pap]

Don't necessarily assume that a no-moving hamster is a dead one. They hibernate. The missus "resurrected" one of ours with a hair dryer.

[Saint137]

I wish, the little sod is already booked in for Xmas and next eEaster. I suspect it will croak at Xmas just to spite me.

 

Oooh, pigs in blankets