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Anonymous
I disturbed a shrew's burrow today on accident and I caught the inhabiting shrew as he tried to escape.
I figured he would make a good roommate for my Siberian Dwarf Hamster, Ghengis Khan.

So I put the little feller, which I named Albert, in my hamster's cage and called Ghengis Khan out to greet his new buddy (yes, my hamster responds to hoomon language).

Against my expectations, Ghengis Khan charged Albert like a mad bull while the terrified shrew fled.
He was unfamiliar with the environmrent though, so Ghengis Khan caught up with him and viciously slaughtered the little guy, much to my amazement, since Ghengis is pretty much the most docile, passive critter I've ever had in my entire life of hamster ownage.

Anyway, Ghengis is currently eating the remains of Albert; does this mean that Hamsters are predatory animals as well?

Pic related, it's a shrew.
>> Anonymous
You're just trying to troll me, aren't you? Well, listen - fuck you, buddy. Fuck you hard.
>> Anonymous
No, no, no.
I may have put it a bit too bluntly, but this actually happened.
>> Anonymous
>>278059
You're serious? Okay.

First, you're an idiot for putting a wild animal in with your hamster.
Did you even consider things like parasites and diseases? And now you're letting it eat the thing?

Second, hamsters are EXTREMELY territorial, even within their own species. You hamster probably would have done that to anything you put in the cage. Among some hamsters, not even siblings or family are safe. Hamsters, for the most part, are vicious little fucks.

It's not that hard to consider a hamster a predatory animal. Just because we pump them full of pet store seed mix doesn't mean their diets aren't highly varied in the wild. You just provided some protein.
>> Anonymous
What the fuck did you expect from something named GHENGIS KHAN?!

Also, hamsters are already territorial with their own species, let alone others, especially somewhere so small.

Poor Albert.
>> Anonymous
>>278054

retarded and I hope you die
>> Anonymous
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shrews are bad ass motherfuckers, IRL, on neutral turf, I bet on the shrew hands down..though dwarf hamsters are mean little fucks too, but shrews are fucking killing machines
>> Anonymous
I can't believe the kind of morons in this world. Are animals just playthings for you to show off?
>> Anonymous
dwarf hamsters are VERY preditory, they would much rather eat insects than bird food or whatever you're feeding them. Everyone should throw a cricket in with their hamsters and watch the fucking carnage
>> Anonymous
Well Ghengis was pretty calm around my friends' hamsters (but he was outnumbered then) and I also introduced a frog into his cage once which he just kind of ignored.

Maybe Shrews and Hamsters hate eachother because they're after the same kinds of food in the wild?
I'm not implying shrews are cannibals though, lol.
>> Anonymous
>>278099
It wasn't a frog by the way, it was a toad.
>> Anonymous
>>278099
>>Well Ghengis was pretty calm around my friends' hamsters (but he was outnumbered then)

If it was on neutral ground, that would make sense. Hence "territorial." Not his territory = no need to start shit.

>>and I also introduced a frog into his cage once which he just kind of ignored.

Common toads secrete a mild toxin. Your hamster might have been able to pick up on that - or just didn't see it as a threat or a food item.
>> Anonymous
>>278082
Well I thought it was a fitting name seeing as how his species of Hamster are found in Mongolia among other places.
I'd have named him after a Siberian celebrity but there are none that I know of.
>> Anonymous
>>278105
I guess that makes sense.
Well thanks for all the info guys.
I'll be sure to feed my hamster bugs from time to time and keep my experimenting with wildlife to a minimum.
>> Anonymous
Need pics, op. NAO
>> Anonymous
Good job at misspelling "Genghis", OP.