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Vierville · 11-17-2019, 02:46 AM

Thanks for your replies everyone.

I definitely agree from personal experience that not all petshop hamsters are unhandlable or have health issues...after all most rescue hamsters were probably petshop hamsters first.

Our first hamster was from a petshop and she has the gentlest, sweetest nature of all three. We got her when she was very young though. Our two rescued hamsters were a bit older (one was already 1 year old, the other six months old) and both have had significant and very long-term health issues which we treated accordingly with the help of a really caring vet.

The hamster's possible bad genetics or behaviour (petshop vs rescued) are not important to me but rather which source of getting a hamster would be more likely to save a hamster from a possible life of mistreatment.

Perhaps I am cynical but it just makes me go cold to think of a little dwarf hamster being roughly handled by unsupervised children or forgotten about once the novelty wears off...

11-17-2019, 02:46 AM
Vierville Hamster Addict Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 1,010	Re: To adopt or buy? Thanks for your replies everyone. I definitely agree from personal experience that not all petshop hamsters are unhandlable or have health issues...after all most rescue hamsters were probably petshop hamsters first. Our first hamster was from a petshop and she has the gentlest, sweetest nature of all three. We got her when she was very young though. Our two rescued hamsters were a bit older (one was already 1 year old, the other six months old) and both have had significant and very long-term health issues which we treated accordingly with the help of a really caring vet. The hamster's possible bad genetics or behaviour (petshop vs rescued) are not important to me but rather which source of getting a hamster would be more likely to save a hamster from a possible life of mistreatment. Perhaps I am cynical but it just makes me go cold to think of a little dwarf hamster being roughly handled by unsupervised children or forgotten about once the novelty wears off...