I was cleaning out my kids hampster when it escaped and now the dog has killed it! what shall i tell my daughe

Answer 1

I would buy her a new one exactly like the other one, it shouldn,t be too dificult and she,ll never know anything happened. If you say the dog killed it she may hold a grudge against him

Answer 2

Part of this would depend on age of your daughter.

But considering these particular circumstances, you probably shouldn't tell her exactly how the hampster met it's demise.

She would then have bad feelings towards the dog, or even you because the hampster got out while you were cleaning it's cage.

Maybe you should just sit her down and explain the hampster died and don't provide exact details.

Below is link to page with general information on how to approach telling children about deaths of pets.

Another thing that will be comforting is going down and getting another hampster for your daughter. It will help fill the void and within no time she should be ok with everything.

Good Luck

Answer 3

tell your daughter that you found the hampster dead in its cage. if she wants to see the hampster but its not in viewing condition if you understand what im saying say that you opened the cage and the hampster ran free and you lost it. a little white lie never hurt anybody and with children its always best. besides if you tell her the dog killed it she might turn on the dog and hate it for a while and the dog will be left very confused. if she is mature and over 13 then perhaps you might want to tell her the whole truth good luck and accidents happen to all of us

Answer 4

Depend on her age is the EXTENT of the truth you need to tell... if she's a very young child say about 4-6 tell her the Hamster got out and went bye bye, and it was an accident, and if she'd like you'll replace it and just nix on the death part... if she a little older then you can tell her what really happened and it was an accident, and you'll replace it if she wishes... but always tell kids the truth (in a language they can understand), if you don't it have a way of coming back to bite you.

Answer 5

I remember a similar story about a dog and chipmunk. The dog must have known it would be looking for a place to hide because the dog opened it's mouth wide, and sure enough that chipmunk ran into it; What a mystery, but it is a true story.

Answer 6

Tell her the truth, say you were cleaning the cage for her, and it ran away, and the dog didn't know it was her hamster. If you tell her the dog killed it, then she might start to dislike the dog.

Answer 7

This is a perfect opportunity to teach her that accidents will happen....we've all seen the television shows where the family replaces the pet.....it always ends up the parents feel worse about lying to thier chlidren. So do the right thing, and say you are very sorry, she'll be sad, but appreciate that you didn't hide anything from her....and who knows...she may be more prone to share with you as she grows.

Parents who lie, have kids who lie (sometimes even better).

Answer 8

DONT TELL HER THE FULL TRUTH!! my brothers hamster died last month and hes still mourning it (and hes a nine year old boy obsessed with wrestling!!) basically don't tell her that your dog ate it because then she will hate the dog (my bro hates the vet that put down our hammie). its probably better for both you, your daughter and the dog to say that it ran away or something like that and you think its living with the mice or something...i don't know thats kind of crap isn't it? well basically i wouldn't advise telling her the whole truth.

good luck !! x x x

Answer 9

I think it depends on the age of your daughter myself. I would tell her it died and put the cage away. I would not say the dog killed it. The truth is that the little guy is gone now right?
Good Luck.

Answer 10

If it is not obvious that the dog killed it, I would say it just died and explain the process of life and death. If it is obvious, I would still not want to tell them the dog did it because they may resent the dog. I personally would rather know than to be told it ran away or something.