If you did buy it in ME2, he's still somewhere in the game. That make it the most badass rodent in the galaxy.

Just leaned about it a moment ago there:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/ginx/5482-Top-5-Secrets-of-Mass-Effect

packaged with 4 other reasons for why mass effect is awesome

And yeah, a tread not about the ending!

That hamster is a goddamn survivor. Also I hope there is a payoff for that mysterious sound thing from the first game. Alas it's probably something they lost when they dropped planet exploration.

@NekuCTR said:

That hamster is a goddamn survivor. Also I hope there is a payoff for that mysterious sound thing from the first game. Alas it's probably something they lost when they dropped planet exploration.

Wasn't that thing in the Captain's quarters in ME2? I vaguely remember it being on the coffee table or something. I'm actually kind of glad there was no payoff, that part of ME1 was weird. Touch this object, and a short story appears!

Also: I didn't realize the hamster was such a secret, I found it the first time I made the rounds of the Normandy. I guess I just figured everyone would've known about that hamster.

The story behind the hamster is WAY more in depth than I thought. I thought it was just some miscellaneous thing you could do in ME:2, but it's nice to know there is some crazy story behind it. Shifty Looking Cow is very interesting as well.