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Old 02-15-2020, 03:44 PM  
Vierville
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Default Re: The cost of owning a hamster

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Originally Posted by Serendipity7000 View Post
Sadly many people who get them as starter pets, don’t want to know when they get sick or old or injured and sell them for rehoming etc..
That is absolutely heartbreaking but it is true. My beloved little Admiral Lord Nelson was one of those...he was abandoned at a petshop as an elderly hamster after he was attacked by a cat and lost an eye. I went in to the pet shop to get food for my other hamster and saw him. I asked the shop assistant what was wrong with him as he was extremely thin and had the eye injury.

I didn't sleep a wink that night and first thing the next morning I went and got him. He was the most wonderful little hamster and I was honoured and priviledged to be able to make his last few months as good as possible.
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