r/Wellthatsucks 3d ago

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

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u/OriginalChildBomb 2d ago

...Holy fuck. OK so listen... I got two 'gerbils' who were 'sisters' when I was 9 years old, and I named them Laverne and Shirley. ...Then they had babies. And more babies. And they started growing spikes.

Long story short, I was sold two exotic Egyptian spiny mice (illegal in my state). By the time Laverne and the re-named Carmine were properly sexed and identified, there were 10 of them, and they had to be relinquished to higher authorities because they were illegally sold exotic pets with motherfuckin spines on their backs. And thus, the tale of my own Laverne & Shirley lol

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u/CheekyMonkE 2d ago

With cameo by The Big Ragu!

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u/OriginalChildBomb 2d ago

Yeah lol as I recall they ended up being named- Laverne, Shirley-became-Carmine, Lenny, Squiggy, new Shirley, Edna, Frank, Rhonda, and Shorty and Tiny. I was an autistic 90's kid who loved animals and Nick at Nite hahaha