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Bought a pet hamster off Craigslist. He's cute, but he ain't acting right. (Original Post) LuckyCharms May 2018 OP
LOL MustLoveBeagles May 2018 #1
Have you tried getting him a hamster ball? Solly Mack May 2018 #2
Haaahaa..better have it chained to a stake in the ground. Wwcd May 2018 #6
He could float across the water with one. Solly Mack May 2018 #8
Haa..omg that would be the worst hamster purchase ever! Wwcd May 2018 #9
Well, the hamster looks a little mean, you gotta admit. Solly Mack May 2018 #11
Lol..thats funny.. Wwcd May 2018 #12
I was expecting something like the dead parrot sketch DBoon May 2018 #3
What the Hell is that? Marie Marie May 2018 #4
Alligator snapping turtle... LuckyCharms May 2018 #5
Thanks. Never saw that critter before and I'm hoping I never meet one in person. Marie Marie May 2018 #7
I've seen a few of them in nature shows SonofDonald May 2018 #13
My wife the Iowa girl exboyfil May 2018 #15
Is Siberian hamster ! eppur_se_muova May 2018 #10
Tomorrow is World Turtle Day! The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #14
I got a kitty online gratuitous May 2018 #16
Good one! Ohiya May 2018 #19
We have a "neighborhood" skunk. Xolodno May 2018 #20
Is that some sort of mixed-animal? dawg May 2018 #17
It's not Oscar, if that's what you mean jmowreader May 2018 #18

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
8. He could float across the water with one.
Tue May 22, 2018, 11:30 PM
May 2018

Might make him happier.

Course, biting through and going after the one who imprisoned him would probably be the result.

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
11. Well, the hamster looks a little mean, you gotta admit.
Tue May 22, 2018, 11:39 PM
May 2018

I feel LuckyCharms is up to the task but I wouldn't want to be the one that pissed off Fluffy.

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
7. Thanks. Never saw that critter before and I'm hoping I never meet one in person.
Tue May 22, 2018, 11:30 PM
May 2018

He looks mean and pissed off.

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)
13. I've seen a few of them in nature shows
Tue May 22, 2018, 11:42 PM
May 2018

Even the small ones can take your hand off in a bite or two, the big ones scare me just thinking about encountering one.

River Monsters host Jeremy Wade caught one that was huge, it struck at a crew member and it put its head/neck out there around 4 feet from its shell!

In others words don't touch.

YOW!

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
15. My wife the Iowa girl
Wed May 23, 2018, 12:24 AM
May 2018

Was home with my two young daughters. I also happened to be home for lunch (not usual). We lived next to a pond in Tennessee. She was a turtle in the front yard and was ready to send the girls out to say hi. Needless to say I stopped it. The sucker was big and vicious. I eventually got it into a trash can and dumped it back in the pond. Tempted to beat it to death.

Xolodno

(6,390 posts)
20. We have a "neighborhood" skunk.
Fri May 25, 2018, 12:35 AM
May 2018

At the family cabin, the skunk visits frequently. He doesn't bother us though, if were clearing brush, working on the house, bar-b-queing, sitting out drinking beer or wine, etc. He just walks on by, paying us no attention. Which is ok, we like it that way.

jmowreader

(50,553 posts)
18. It's not Oscar, if that's what you mean
Thu May 24, 2018, 12:17 AM
May 2018

It's just a pissed-off alligator snapping turtle.

Alligator snappers are born pissed-off and get worse as they go along.

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