The Dean

A dead horse???

NorthernLad

Buy a new one that looks similar. Blame any changes in personality on it having to spend the summer with you.

Blue Cat

I have a feeling our hamster is on it's way out as well, it just over two years old. Its lost weight and looks lethargic. I was thinking of taking it to the vet but how would I handle that with the child?

Millhouse

It's not worth taking it to the Vet. A friend of mine was charged 30quid to be told his 6quid hamster was dead.

BC - the best thing to do is to smack it between two large sheets of plywood. Instant and you don't feel a thing.

Hamsters are specifically designed as pets to teach small kids about death.

Blue Cat

I won't be getting another one that's for sure, five minute wonder she was.

Millhouse

That's no way to refer to your daughter.

Blue Cat

Patsy Stoned

No it was buried in the paddock..a bulldozer dug a hole and buried it.... under the shade of his favourite tree.

mentalist

You can have one of my three, if you like. Are we talking Syrian hamsters, the grey ones with the dark stripe down their backs? Keeping them fully air-conditioned during the hot summer is important as they do sweat badly.

Meow

Hamsters sweat?

mentalist

Yeah, I made the mistake of keeping them in an infrequently used room where the air-con was rarely on and their fur was soaking after a few days. They are fine now.

scrubbedexpat141

Replace it, with one a different colour.

Vehemently deny it's any different.

Blue Cat

Millhouse

Shit - really, is that true? hummm. I thought they lived in the desert.

Well, I don't want to be the one who links the fact that he was in an unairconditioned room with his death.

mentalist

My mistake, my three are actually Siberian hamsters (grey) whereas Syrians are usually sandy/gold. Obviously, as their name implies, Siberian hamsters prefer the cold. So what colour was your guest?