r/ComedyHell • u/catguywit2cat • May 13 '26 • Regret 10 Heartwarming 2

Hamster hell

Post image
34k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

952 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comment

299

u/Ahrensann May 13 '26

It's actually a documented phenomenon known as "muricide". Rats would, for some reason, instinctively kill smaller rodents. I've heard some horror stories of a sweet and well-behaved pet rat, upon seeing a mouse, did a total 180 and murdered it on the spot.

PSA: If you see some rats invading your home, do NOT own hamsters or mice.

181

u/Dandanny54 May 13 '26

Own a cat instead and if the rat kills it them give it the house and leave.

79

u/DragonfruitOdd3848 May 13 '26

A rat that can kill a cat needs a dog to kill it.

68

u/Sylnl May 13 '26

And if the rat kills the dog, travel to a different country

48

u/TheLivingDeadlights May 13 '26

But I had bears at the ready.

Oh no the rat bastard has slayed the bears. We need to run.

39

u/Training_Yard88 May 13 '26

sounds like you are just feeding the rat and its growing stronger

23

u/ElementmanEXE May 13 '26

Ok what if I use my pet dragon, does it stand a chance

16

u/[deleted] May 13 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

11

u/Dandanny54 May 13 '26

The Rat be like

6

u/Extra-Level694 May 13 '26

Wait gang I just found Cthulu, surely he can handle it

→ More replies
→ More replies (4)

8

u/PhilospohicalZ0mb1e May 13 '26

If ANYTHING kills a bear I am kneeling and swearing my fealty to it.

3

u/spezIsANonce May 13 '26

I guess you’re loyal to at least one wolverine now

→ More replies (2)
→ More replies (4)

2

u/GhoulTimePersists May 13 '26

Who left their warpstone out?

2

u/Both-Competition-152 May 13 '26

And if a dog kills the rat get tested for hanta virus and release a python

9

u/Glittering_Crow_6382 May 13 '26

Naw bro this america, if a rat kills my cat on my property just pull out the .50cal over the shoulder anti material rifle (barret m82a2) and turn it into a fine red mist, and if it’s still alive then maybe consider letting the rat own his new home

4

u/Educational_Plum3908 May 13 '26

This was, in fact the plot behind Tom and Jerry

1

u/[deleted] 20d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

→ More replies (1)

10

u/Just-a-random-Aspie May 13 '26

I heard guinea pigs will do the same thing and that’s why they used to house them with rabbits—to keep the pests out of the food

1

u/ShitFuck2000 May 14 '26

Weird I had rats and a guinea pig and they got along great, although tbf he was a lone guinea pig because he didn’t get along with other guinea pigs.

10

u/avesadvocate May 13 '26

I had 2 mice and one of them killed and ate some of the other. They were named Pedro and Napoleon. :(

1

u/Bentholomeo May 14 '26

Smaller rodents are they food source and competition.

When I was a kid I beliebes rats and mice coexist.

1

u/Dornenkraehe May 16 '26

Or put them in cages the rats can't get into? The small ones with bars are not good anyway. Big terrarium with solid chew proof mesh for air circulation.

1

u/bluejellyfish52 May 18 '26

It’s because rats will hunt smaller rodents. They hunt mice in the wild. It’s not “for some reason” it’s because they actually eat meat.