...whether providing a rich and diverse diet to hamsters results in smarter hamsters?

I bet so.

That might be why he is going through so many Lucy's.

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But, we had two hamsters in a cage.

One died and the other one started eating the dead one's head. My 8 year old daughter witnessed the entire thing.

It was about 30 years ago and the memory is still clear.

<*shudders!*>

I can't be certain I wouldn't be doing the same in similar circumstances.

Best not put me hungry in a cage with dead people.

As a human being I'm pretty sure some of my ancestors survived some very rough situations by cannibalism. Same as most people.

I've been held in cages, but never hungry in a cage with dead people. My cage mates have always considered me an amicable fellow. The last to eat. There's a delicious ambiguity in those words.

He came downstairs and stated "Dream is dead and Swift is eating him!"
He's 31 now and seems to have recovered from that trauma.

See what I did there?
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I've had a mouse and a rat, but never a hamster. Franklin the mouse liked blueberries and Barnaby the rat was crazy for cheese - but I never went the gourmet route, LOL. Thanks for posting!