Chrissy Teigen Lost Her New Hamster And Hilariously Live-Tweeted Herself Trying To Find Her
Pretty much anything Chrissy Teigen does is news because the woman is America’s sweetheart. Which is why, when the model/cookbook author bought a new hamster, Twitter immediately took an interest. And when she lost the little critter (named Peanut Butter) pretty much right away, she kept up a constant stream of tweets keeping her followers abreast of the situation.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1104953462213685249
John (Legend, Teigen’s husband) will probably learn to be thrilled because hamsters are ridiculously adorable (it is annoying how active they get at night, though).
Teigen shared some details about her new little family member.
They told us we can feed her anything. My mom said “rice?” And they go “no, not rice”
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 11, 2019
They also said “don’t really touch her for a week. Then touch her a lot or she’ll bite you” it’s very confusing, being a hamster mom
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 11, 2019
I said “should I get two so they can have a friend?” And the lady said no, one will end up with a lot of bully scars. So any hamster tips are welcome
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 11, 2019
Then she shared a video of Peanut Butter chewing on the bars of the cage she was in. “Is this normal?” Teigen asked.
is this normal pic.twitter.com/CkBLm0G39Z
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 11, 2019
While it was clear that Teigen had the hamster’s best interests at heart, the cage wasn’t ideal.
Please don’t feel bad for her. We got her everything and more and a giant space to roam in. If I had a safe enclosure for a hamster farm, i would have that.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 11, 2019
She also mentioned she had a new glass enclosure coming soon.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105162264774995968
She’s clearly a great hamster-mom: she even worried about whether Peanut Butter would figure out how to drink from her water bottle.
I feel like she doesn’t know how to drink out of her hamster drink thing. I keep showing her and i am starting to feel dumb
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 11, 2019
The only problem was, the hamster got out.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105088440649961472
But not for long! Whew!
found her!!
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 11, 2019
But…the next day she went missing again. Such a whirlwind of drama!!
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105487041167470594
Twitter rallied around and gave her tips on how to catch Peanut Butter. Interestingly, one of them involves peanut butter!
we are doing your peanut butter on a plate trick to find peanut butter. I swear to god if other critters come out of the woodwork for it, john will vomit and die
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 12, 2019
Other people of course just wanted to shame her some more. Teigen didn’t let it get to her.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105522740029583360
honestly I researched hamsters more than I did with babies
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 12, 2019
She reminded people that she did have that new enclosure coming.
it’s condo is on its way. my mistake was buying a cage dumber than the hamster
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 12, 2019
And when night time came, Teigen was ready.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105651851880337408
OPERATION PEANUT BUTTER!
She set a trap.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105654331229929472
(Yeah, that’s not weed.)
It’s not weed, it’s peanut butter with food sprinkled on it. how dumb do u think I am (don’t answer that)
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019
She also set up some cameras.
I also put out nest cams on different peanut butter plates so really hoping this isn’t the one day my kids do something sketchy in their rooms
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019
And put flour on the stairs.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105666855434240001
She wasn’t sure it’d work.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105658051862790146
But 12 hours later, she caught lil’ PB!
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105680623421681664
Teigen was ecstatic.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105681464123809792
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105683425137029120
Peanut Butter’s safe and sound and that’s all the matters. Even if some questions do remain unanswered…
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105687296714539008
And she figured out how to drink her water, too.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105691929084223488
People really, really don’t need to worry about Peanut Butter.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105695494653698048
It’s clear she’s very loved.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105689254590439424
LIKE SUPER LOVED.
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105699222727192576
Can you blame her? Look at this little cutie!
https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1105686634845036544
Now we’re all looking forward to a very safe little Peanut Butter settling into the Teigen family. She’s going to make an excellent model.
h/t: BuzzFeed
