While watching “Garden State” (great movie…rent it!) tonight, I had a thought…
Hamsters are always running themselves to death on their wheels. The incident in the film isn’t the first time I’ve heard of this happening. My nephew had several hamsters who self-inflicted heart attacks by using their wheels.
Why, you ask? I think I know. They’re trying to escape. (Honestly, not much of a reach but it *is* the first time I’ve considered this.) Hamsters are well known for their escape tactics. So it stands to reason that a hamster would think that if he ran far enough that maybe he’d get free, right? So perhaps that’s why they kill themselves on the wheel. They’re just trying to run far enough so they can get out.
Isn’t that just too sad?
So I say, if they’re so desperate to get out that they’d run themselves to a heart attack, perhaps they shouldn’t be caged in the first place. Free the hamsters! Imagine how many hamster lives may be saved.
This is me. I'm a thirtysomething stay at home mom to three kids. For years I was a stay at home mom to one kid and trying very hard to have more. It took a LONG time (ie: 6 1/2 years), but finally Liam arrived and charmed us with his blue eyes and ginormous, round head. Then we got a shock: I was pregnant again and this time it was a GIRL. Our hearts and home are full at last and now that we're done having babies, we get to relax (snort) and watch them grow (not too fast now, you hear?). Thanks for coming by, feel free to dip into my archives, read my About and History pages (just don't do Jackson's Story without tissues!) and make yourself at home.
