A little girl was so worried about her little hamster that hadn’t moved for three days that she did what most of us would do and take it to the vet.
What she didn’t expect, though, was what the vet would find.
According to screenshots of text messages shared on Twitter this week, the furry critter’s owner had become increasingly worried because her pet “hadn’t moved” and “sat at the edge of the cage and wouldn’t eat or drink anything.”
At the end of her tether, the girl took the pet to see a medical professional where a veterinary student moved to give it the once over.
When asked if anything had happened which might have caused the unusual behaviour, the little girl revealed the hamster had “escaped for a bit” but was found under the fridge.
I am not ok pic.twitter.com/bSHmucXE9K
— kat (@eeveeluti0n) July 4, 2017
When on the vet’s table, though, the hamster apparently came to life and was walking around just fine, and eating and drinking.
The exchange continues: “Then they noticed there was something in his cheek pouch.
“So they look inside, and find a fridge magnet.”
Basically, the only thing that was wrong with the hamster is that the magnet in its mouth caused it to stick to the side of the cage where the poor thing wasn’t able to move, eat, or drink.
The situation, which has had many Twitter users “screaming” with laughter, was posted onto the site by a young woman from Northampton who captioned it: “I am not ok.”
In just two days, the post has amassed a whopping 400,000 reactions.
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