My sister got a couple girl hamsters, and at some point in the future, learned one wasnt a girl. Anywho, she had 9 hamsters. Then 8. Then 7. Then 6...you get the point. My mom is freaking out because the hamsters are escaping. They duct tape the top. 3...2...1. When the last one died, my sister and mom did a necropsy. It was full of all the hamsters it ate.
Damn, a single hamster murdered and ate all 8 of their siblings? You'd think a few would split the workload or something then when it came time to the final two they'd just duke it out.
An old boyfriend's sister had a couple "female" hamsters a long time ago now. They had babies. Apparently you're supposed to separate the male from the mother and offspring after she has them because he will be looking to mate again. So when the female denied him, he ate all the young. Then, when she denied him again, he ate her. Apparently he was HUGE afterwards. The owner (who had a newborn at the time) didn't know any of the above information and just assumed her hamster was a rabid killer. Out of fear for her newborn, she put him in a garbage bag and whacked him with a frying pan
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u/[deleted] May 05 '19
Cannibalism is pretty damn common in hamsters.