A man has been prosecuted after feeding his pet hamster cannabis and pouring an LSD-laced soft drink into its water bottle.

Video footage discovered by the RSPA last year shows Nchinumya Ntembe, 22, filling the hamster’s water bottle with Tizer laced with the psychoactive Class B drug LSD at a property in Heysham, Lancashire. The hamster, named Mr Chow, is also shown eating cannabis leaves for food.

Ntembe also faced charges of failing to meet the standards to care for two dogs, which the RSPCA said were found in a “terrible state” at his property.

On Monday, he admitted five counts of animal cruelty under the Animal Welfare Act and was jailed for four months at Lancaster Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He has also been banned from keeping animals for eight years.

The animals survived and have been rehomed.

RSPCA inspector Sarah Hayland commented: