[shazzy]

I was having this exact same discussion with my Riding instructor on Sunday...I was saying how I'm fed up with some people who think that a hamster is easily replaceable once ill and their life is not valued as much as say a dog or a cat as they only cost about 7 quid to buy.

Money shouldn't mean a thing...it's a living being at the end of the day. One that has no choice but to trust you and hope you care for them. It saddens me that so many people let these little animals down..

I was also saying that I feel bad keeping a hamster in a cage as it makes me feel guilty in a way, but my riding instructor reminded me that someone else wouldve bought my little girl and who knows who she wouldve ended up with....it couldve been alot worse for the poor girl. My little Mo is spoilt rotten and is never left wanting for anything (well, maybe just to be able to escape through that hole under the door that I keep lifting her away from!)