Monday, May 24, 2010

Buying hamsters?

Where is the best place to buy a healthy hamster?thanx
Answers:
I would definitely go to a store. Make sure that the cages are clean, they have clean water, and definitely you need to hold them. If you or the employee reaches their hand in the cage and they all run, go somewhere else. I would not suggest a hamster for a first pet for a child. They are very moody, and they dont like to be woken up. They often bite when woken up. Definitely DO NOT buy your hamsters at Petco. Reason being is, Petco's small animal area of the store has mostly feeder animals. They will sell a hamster, rat, mouse, bunny, guinea pig, ferret, etc to anyone who walks in the store. If you do decide to purchase from there, please remember to ask the employee to have you sign a health guarantee form. That way, if something happens to your little guys or girls, you can get a refund. Petco has been known to not give these forms to owners, because they do have so many people come in to buy feeder animals. Hope this helped you out a little. My favorite place to go is PetSmart or Pet Supplies Plus if you have any of those by you. Good Luck!
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You can look in the stores. If the hamsters are somewhat active, seem friendly, and the store keeper will let you hold them, the cages are clean and there is plenty of water and food, and the little critters just seem healthy... go ahead. Even if this means Petco.
Good luck with your new baby!
Not a pet shop. That's one of the worst places to buy a pet, as they don't care about the animals care, they only care about profit. You can actually rescue hamsters from a hamster rescue and sometimes normal shelters. Either that or an actual breeder. Whatever you do, a pet shop is a bad choice to buy your next pet, no matter what it looks like.
I think if you can find someone whos hamster had babies or a breeder it would be better I did get mine from a pet shop but it is a independently owned small town shop and they take time with the animals they get my hamster has never bit anyone and has been a great addition to our family everyone loves him
any place with healthy animals will surely have healthy hamsters. when your out buying your hamster just make sure it looks healthy,its fur is nice and no injuries are on it and check its eyes to see that they are clear.

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