Attack of the Killer Vamsters!

Mrs. P from the blog TwiBite wrote a post at her non-Twilight blog (called Walk With Mrs. P) today about how her daughter presented her with a very well written and surprisingly formal letter explaining why (despite the unfortunate demise of her previous two) she should be allowed to have a pet hamster.  Click here to read it.  It is HILARIOUS.

Now I have had my own experiences with hamsters and because of that I have drilled it into my son's head that he will never EVER have a pet hamster (or reptile or bird).  We had a cat named Hog who died and we now have a repugnant and vile smelling dog named Mingus.  Anyway, back to the hamster.  My sister and I had two hamsters whom I hated.  They smelled and ate their poop and they were biters.  Yes BITERS.  It was a happy happy day at Moxie's childhood home when the last one finally died.  I never asked for another rodent from my parents again.

Mrs. P has experienced the joy of being a hamster owner in the past so I know whatever decision she makes regarding her daughter's request will be an informed one, but I just couldn't help myself and HAD to warn her of the negative side to rodent pets.  I found a few pictures that illustrated my fears and tweeted them to her today.  I thought it was funny and decided to post them here for everyone else to enjoy.

They hog the computer and drink all the Red Bull.  

Although it is very rare, some hamsters are indeed VAMSTERS!

If housed near the microwave they become HUGE!

They're not all cute.

Keep us posted Mrs. P.  I'm dying to find out if you give your daughter the hamster green light.  Oh, and if you do decide to go for it, take some pictures to prove how cute the Honey Bear hamster really is.