I did some stupid stuff as a kid - put a Chihuahua on spin dry (for one second, just to rile my sister), we firecrackered a frog.

Of course, my friend Elvin (I swear) would go frog gigging, so what's worse?

There is a hierarchy of critters, I guess. Dogs at the top, to be sure, with horses maybe next. Stuff we eat, cows, pigs, chickens, etc. are pretty low. Fish are even below that, and bait is even below fish. Lowest is insects.

Funny how hamsters are fairly high on the ladder, but mice and rats are close to insects.

Do you actually form relationships with the hamsters, like I have with my dog, and had with my cats? Like, they know you and treat you a certain way, even when it isn't feeding time, etc.?

-Chuck, Vegetarian fanboy