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11-26-2014, 09:45 PM
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Hamster Warrior
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Posts: 15,575
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Help! Twinkle's Has Eaten Monkey Shell
Earlier on I gave Twinkle her first monkey nut, as she was spinning super fast on her saucer she looked at it and continued spinning.
However, later on I could hear her crunching away. I looked in her cage and couldn't see the empty shell so I had a root around her cage, found the 2 nuts but no shell.
The little diva has eaten the shell. Is it OK to eat it? She seems fine and is back on her spinning saucer.
Archie always leaves the shell. He crunches away it but always leaves it outside his igloo.
Any other hamster lovers experienced this?
Last edited by Thin Lizzy; 11-26-2014 at 09:50 PM.
Reason: spelling
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11-27-2014, 08:11 AM
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Hamsters on the Brain
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
Posts: 6,458
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Re: Help! Twinkle's Has Eaten Monkey Shell
That is totally strange! I can't see any reason why eating the shell would hurt her, it is just a legume after all, but is it possible she didn't eat it but chewed it into little bits that disappeared into the bedding?
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11-27-2014, 08:13 AM
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Hamsters on the Brain
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
Posts: 6,458
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Re: Help! Twinkle's Has Eaten Monkey Shell
Huh. A quick google revealed that some people like to eat peanut shells 
Can I Eat Peanut Shells? | LIVESTRONG.COM
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11-27-2014, 10:25 AM
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Hamster Therapist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Posts: 2,550
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Re: Help! Twinkle's Has Eaten Monkey Shell
All things must pass 
As a kid I used to think eating the tail of the shrimps was good. The more I was told it isn't done, the more I did it. Now, of course, I don't. Tasteless, crusty things....
Sometimes the hams actually enjoy opening them, to find their not hungry. I find a lot of nuts in the cage without shells.....Hamsters, they're as weird as I was when I was a kid.
I'm totally normal now, though......
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11-27-2014, 02:56 PM
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Hamsters on the Brain
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Vancouver Island, Canada
Posts: 6,458
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Re: Help! Twinkle's Has Eaten Monkey Shell
Did your parents ever tell you they hoped you'd grow up to have kids just like you? I bet they weren't thinking of hamsters...
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11-27-2014, 03:00 PM
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Hamster Therapist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Posts: 2,550
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Re: Help! Twinkle's Has Eaten Monkey Shell
My parents said they hoped I didn't last long enough to breed. But enough about me. 
Hamsters, on the other hand, accept me for who I am.
What were we talking about? 
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11-27-2014, 03:14 PM
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Newborn Pup
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Leeds, UK
Posts: 17
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Re: Help! Twinkle's Has Eaten Monkey Shell
I used to eat the shells of peanuts as a kid....
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11-27-2014, 03:17 PM
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Hamster Therapist
Join Date: May 2014
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
Posts: 2,550
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Re: Help! Twinkle's Has Eaten Monkey Shell
Cool!
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11-27-2014, 04:57 PM
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Hamster Warrior
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Posts: 15,575
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Re: Help! Twinkle's Has Eaten Monkey Shell
I searched her cage and no sign, she's definitely eaten it!
Twinkle is a bit crazy at times - she likes noisy things!
I have never eaten a monkey nut shell, I can't see it happening anytime soon.
But, when I eat monkey nuts, I dip them in a doritos dip.Yum!
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