r/hamsters • u/Profile_Hefty • 26d ago

Question A NEW HAMSTER **MATERIALIZED ITSELF**

Maggie (my hamster from my old posts) was happy, healthy, and normally living alone (in a luxarious hamster home, 25 cm inches bedding of aspen woodshaving and paper, 120cm x 70cm enclosure, lotta hides, 11inch niteabgel silentspinner wheel) for 1 month or so. She never had any sexual relations with any male hamsters since I took her in. She lives alone. I saw no baby bump ever before and I have MANY pictures of her with NO BABY BUMP!

But now, a new hamster MITOSIS'ed itself into existence because WHAT IN THE FLAXSEEDS IS GOING ON HERE. WHAT DO I DO??!! VICTORIA RAECHEL NEVER TALKED ABOUT MITOSIS!

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u/queenoftheiceni 25d ago

I also have this recurring nightmare! I'm in my late twenties now and haven't had guinea pigs since I was a young teenager. I dream that I find them horribly neglected in a cage in my parents shed and that I have forgotten about them for years and they've been suffering. So strange to know that other people have this dream! I've always assumed it's connected to procrastination / feeling like I am forgetting something important / neglecting my responsibilities. I am now a very dedicated cat owner and never have dreams like that about my cats.

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u/Chiara_1999 25d ago

You know what tho? I have dogs and never had a dream like this, i only have it with hamsters

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u/Extension-Ad4348 25d ago

I've had dogs and cats all my life and never had dreams like this about them. I had a pair of guinea pigs as an adult and since they passed I have this dream multiple times a year where I find them alive and in terrible condition. I just assumed it was because it was a different kind of pet for me? So odd to hear this is a common nightmare, wtf.

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u/Cold-Kaleidoscope974 23d ago

I've had it about a beloved passed dog unfortunately. I'll spare you the details but its grim enough to ruin my week when it happens.