Re: To adopt or buy?
As someone who has actually had a pet shop hamster, they can be great pets. They're not all horribly unhandleable and riddled with health issues, which are some of the biggest misconceptions out there about pet shop animals in general.
Yes, some pet shop hamsters will have issues, but that can be said of any pet from any source. Nothing is impossible, and even the most well bred hamsters can display behavioral issues or have health problems. This is something you have to take into consideration whether you adopt or buy from a pet store or even buy from a great breeder. Any time you get a pet, they might have underlying health or behavior problems. It comes with the territory, and there is not always a way to truly predict it.
At the end of the day no matter where you get your pet of any kind from, that is your choice. We don't tend to see serious negativity on the forum, but in other places you'll often see horrible and nasty comments and such from people with allegedly good intentions that ultimately do nothing good and only serve to make others feel bad. Getting a rescue pet of any kind doesn't make you somehow superior, and buying pets doesn't necessarily make you this horrid evil person as some people will try to fool others into believing.
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