You know you're a hamster parent if...

[Holly's Mum]

And there's more -

You save every single cardboard box and container that you can lay your hands on in case he may be interested in playing with it.

[AliKati]

- I talk to them when they travelled with me in the taxi, to keep them calm, regardless of what the taxi driver thought.
- when I held a Hamster Birthday party for them and invited hamster owner friends and their hamsters, baked cakes and bought them presents.
- when I received a Mother's Day card from my OH, signed by my hamsters
- when I buy vegetables with hamsters in mind. Hamsters eat first, leftover veggies are ours.
- When I talk about them by their first names to friends and family, who will ask how they are doing

[Lynternette]

You spend your last £10 on a fancy hammock for them. They want nothing to do with it. You say - never mind baby. Mommy will buy you something else.

You give them your last strawberry when you really want it for yourself. They lick it and look at you as if you've fallen off a Christmas tree. You throw it away.

[essentiallysue]

You buy baby food when you don't have a baby.
You get up out of a sound sleep in the middle of the night to let her go play because she's bouncing at the side of the cage.
All the websites in your "favorites" are hamster website.
There's a picture of your hamster on your mouse pad!
Your calendars are all Hamster Calendars! (Maybe the light switch covers, too).
You won't go on vacation unless "he" stays home to take care of the hamsters.
You have at least 3 months supply of hamster food, sand, and bedding!!
You kiss the little thing even though she bites!!

[Whitehologram]

1: You're more excited about the box that just came from the online pet-shop than the box that was full of dresses (that you spent just as long choosing as toys for your Ham...cos they are meant to be worn at your sister's wedding) that came last week.

2: You got 5 of those 55cm (& 3 of the 27cm) wired wooden ladders just because you're not sure how you want to set them up and more is always better.

3: You find yourself looking to see if your ham is awake more times in a day than you check your phone for messages.

[GemmasMom]

You count your 5 little girls to make sure they are all in their cages and check to make sure they are breathing...at least 5 times a day
You pop out of bed the second you hear any noise coming from the cage
You've trained your ears to hear any ham noises coming from the other room when you are in bed
When you talk about them so much your students ask how your hamsters are doing and want to meet them
When your (high school) students cry when your ham passes away
When you have at least 10 different types of food you are trying to mix together to find the perfect combination for your picky eaters
When you take your girls to get their nails and teeth trimmed more often than you do your own nails

[Ramyun Noodles]

When you crawl into work with bags under your eyes, because you've stayed up way too late staring or playing with your hamster.

[GemmasMom]

When you take a hamster grocery shopping

[Flamestriker]

When you stay up all night alternating playing with your hamily and on HC...and your OH has to steer you around pet shops and away from livestock for fear of having another ham join the family

[Sandti]

Originally Posted by Bekki2308

I know im a hammy mummy when :

I spend my last £100 (spare cash) on two hamster heavens
On my day off work I plan to go round the pet shops in boro
I spent last night painting wooden shelving for their cages
I buy animal safe paint meaning I can paint anything of theirs a colour I like
I find making bin cages fun
I spend the whole night in the animal room some times
the list goes on

Boro is awesome for shopping for hamster bits and pieces <3