Posted by Deneb on February 4, 2008, at 1:13:46
OK, the hamster I got first died after around a week. The pet store said there had been several other deaths. The sales associate told me that they died of old age, which is a total lie because those hamsters where only babies.
After a few weeks I go another hamster, from a pet store because I couldn't get in touch with the two people who wanted to give up their hamsters.
I still have to name my hamster. I'm pretty sure it's a girl. She's greyish black with white areas around her eyes and nose. She extremely timid. She bares her teeth and holds her paws up at me when I make sudden moves. I'm going to have to be patient with her. Maybe she's been tramatized.
Even though I have a hamster now, I'm still infected with the want to get a pet bug. LOL
My latest obsession are pet rats. I've been doing research on them and I would love to have a pair of male rats. I described the size of the cage to my Mom and she said no way. :-(
I wouldn't get a rat right away. I'll need to do several months of research on them first. The thing that really ignited my interest was that I found out there is a hobbyist rat breeder in Ottawa and I've been to her website and she sounds really experienced and responsible. She's quite famous in the rattery world.
I want a pair of rats sooo bad. LOL I hear they make great pets. They're very intelligent. They have a bad reputation because people think sewer rats when they think rats. Wild rats are totally different.
I love my hamster, but hamsters are fairly low maintainance and non interactive. Mine sleeps all the time and gets up at like 3am so I hardly ever see her out and handle her. I wake her for short periods just to handle her a bit so she doesn't go wild, but I do that only for short periods.
Rats on the other hand are highly social and need human attention.
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