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.

Luna and I bought a hamster today. Her name is peanut butter. John is not thrilled, which makes me love her more.

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 11, 2019

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.

I just bought her a two story glass condo with a hammock so please stop yelling at me

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 11, 2019

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.

welp the hamster got out. just what you all told me would happen

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 11, 2019

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!!

Oh my fuckin g the hamster is gone again

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 12, 2019

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.

"you should have done your research before getting a living, breathing animal" well newsflash I had two whole babies I didn't research either

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 12, 2019

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.

alright u nocturnal Houdini. it’s nightime. operation peanut butter begins

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019

OPERATION PEANUT BUTTER!

She set a trap.

thank u for your tips. pic.twitter.com/EqwA5J1bBj

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019

(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.

sprinkling flour on the stairs to get some tracks here

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019

She wasn’t sure it’d work.

o absolutely this will never work https://t.co/civbjcyhsH

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019

But 12 hours later, she caught lil’ PB!

OMFG IT WORKED pic.twitter.com/e462TlS8Vb

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019

Teigen was ecstatic.

I’m gonna cry pic.twitter.com/ZARrzjsnX8

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019

I love her even more now. She’s a sneaky b

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019

Peanut Butter’s safe and sound and that’s all the matters. Even if some questions do remain unanswered…

She’s all wet and I don’t know why. What was your day like, please tell me

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019

And she figured out how to drink her water, too.

YESSSSSS her fierce need for hydration taught her how to drink pic.twitter.com/LtwH5kOCRN

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019

People really, really don’t need to worry about Peanut Butter.

thank you guys for all your help and tips, really. if you’re worried for her, please don’t be. I have all new stuff coming for her now that you’ve taught me so much. she is very loved, I promise.

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) March 13, 2019