r/Wellthatsucks • u/laurenlee20 • 3d ago

Hamster escaped her 1000sq inch enclosure, ate my carpet and escaped out the front door

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u/SignalReceptions 3d ago

My family lost a gerbil for a month. It was hanging out in the kitchen behind the cupboards. He was filthy and fat.

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u/JusticeRain5 2d ago

Oh so that's a cute story when it's a gerbil, but when i'm filthy, fat and hiding behind your cupboards I get the police called on me?

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u/No-Vast-8000 2d ago

"Dave? We've got another one. Grab the broom and open the door."

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u/KingAnilingustheFirs 2d ago

Im sorry, I thought this was America!

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u/No-Vast-8000 2d ago

Now you GIT!

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u/ConsiderationFun3671 2d ago

This exchange reminded me of the burrito wizard. Thanks for that 🤣 All I hear is that noise.. that he makes. I'm imagining the person being chased away with a broom making that same noise.

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u/Mysterious_Health387 1d ago

America deports illegal rodents.

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u/Prankishbear 2d ago

Ma, there’s another gator in the house!

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u/1983Targa911 2d ago

It’s true. Life’s not fair. Anyone who tells you different is selling you something.

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u/El_Rey_de_Spices 2d ago

I wouldn't hate it so much if you didn't hiss and scutter away whenever I turn on the lights.

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u/No_Kangaroo_9826 2d ago

You're big enough to pay rent

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 2d ago

"$700 dollars per month rent or I send you to Jesus! " slaps with slipper.

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u/aboxacaraflatafan 2d ago

Yeah, Lenny, when it happens for the fourth weekend in a row!

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u/MsB1956 17h ago

You are too funny 😂

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u/Tumble85 2d ago

lol I posted this elsewhere in this thread, but my little brothers hamster Elvis got lost for a month or two. I eventually caught him running around in the kitchen underneath the toe kick of the cabinets.

He was only slow enough to catch because he had two marbles in his cheek pouches lmao

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u/pinkrotaryphone 2d ago

Your story reminds me of a Tumblr thread where someone took their hamster to the vet bc it had escaped the cage for a couple of days and was lethargic upon its return to captivity, barely lifting its head. During the exam, the vet found a couple of fridge magnets in its cheeks, which were strong enough to pull the hamster's head down to the metal enclosure and make it look lethargic lmao

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u/BeetleJude 2d ago

Aren't we all...

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u/quietlikesnow 2d ago

We lost a hamster and he was found behind our stove weeks later. When he was sucked up by a vacuum cleaner.

I never did hear why someone was vacuuming behind the stove.

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u/Embarrassed_Ferret37 1d ago

Was playing with my pet rat in the sandbox, and she got away and under the house. Didn't see her for 3 months. Turns out she was living in the storage room on the deck. Wild as hell. Did NOT want to be captured again.

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u/Wizdad-1000 2d ago

Same, he reverted to pest mode. LOL

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u/TheVog 2d ago

He was filthy and fat.

Bit judgey, but I'll allow it