Crazy and weird, so this belongs to “NotTheOnion” or “Funny”.
But then, if some rationale existed, it could be something like this :
(1) attachment to pets often involved anthropromorphization
(2) anthropomorphized hamster would be standing upright
(3) having an object for the stuffed pet to hold facilitates the taxidermy work
(4) making the object slender would improve the visual access of the art
On top of all this, the owner may wish to make a statement on the tune of : the stripper work is not to be consider shameful nor to be hidden.