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Old 02-24-2012, 04:32 AM  
Boofle
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Default Re: Why are there so many Russian dwarfs on Gumtree?

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Originally Posted by mongo View Post
It's so sad, but on the other hand good that people try to find a better home. Shops might prefer selling Russian Dwarf hamsters if it's easier to stock them. They're supposedly social and so might be kept together in the cages out back, plus they don't get wet tail & they're more active around dusk when kids arrive in the shop.

I agree with RacingHamster that hamsters aren't good for small children, better for parents and the child can help & wonder about things. If it's a Syrian then I don't know when a kid could ever see the hamster, Joffy only appears after 11pm! In fact the thing Joffy hates the most, the thing that he tuts & hmppfs at for ages afterwards, is being woken up. He gets so annoyed he just can't deal with it, like a grumpy old woman!
They can get wait tail unfortunately, my first Russian dwarf died of it.
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