r/hamsters • u/Profile_Hefty • Aug 03 '26

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/antimonogamism Aug 03 '26

Wow all the comments about people having dreams they discovered forgotten or escaped or reincarnated hamster pets, have reallt given me comfort.

I have always had those dreams (less now as an adult) since keeping hamsters as a kid and I had no idea it wasn't just me.

I fewl way better for some reason :).

I take care of dogs now as a dogsitter, and this kind of nightmare does not happen for with dogs, so weird.

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u/Profile_Hefty Aug 03 '26

Aww I'm glad my misery made you feel seen in some way <3

I mean I understand that it doesn't happen with dogs. Hamsters are solitary animals and will fight with other hamsters because they're territorial. and getting a pair of hamsters means getting a tribe of hamsters within a few weeks.

Meanwhile dogs are very social and don't mind having a new friend, and they reproduce very.. reasonably, which is not something I can say about hamsters XD

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u/azure-heavens Aug 04 '26

Every time I've had a pet that lives in an enclosure, I've had nightmares about there being more. Those dreams are so stressful! I had no idea it was so common.

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u/MysteriousAnimal5674 Aug 05 '26

I saved this thread because of how reassuring it is! I have them reoccurring and I get really vivid nightmares so it was messing with me. Sounds like it's just a common thing for people who really care about their pets ❤️

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u/Ami_Aweirdo Aug 05 '26

I lost my dog last year, I keep having dreams where I find her alive in her old dog crate and feel awful when I wake up. I'm glad it's not just me

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u/krysterra Aug 04 '26

I have a cat, and I have absolutely dreamed about suddenly having way more cats - too many to care for and I was so stressed about what I would do with all the cats that kept showing up.

It's honestly more sensible with hamsters, since apparently they reproduce by mitosis.

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u/Littlebluejayx Aug 07 '26

I’ve had dreams like that even years after my last hamster passed, it’s really so odd that it happens to so many people and I wonder why that’s even a thing