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Old 08-03-2020, 05:13 AM  
Ria P
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Wiltshire, UK
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Default Re: Parents hamster sitting - advice?

Another alternative would be to hire a pet sitter to call daily or twice daily and report back to you via WhatsApp.
I'd leave the blinds or curtains drawn to keep the daytime heat and cooler nighttime air out and ask the pet sitter to open a window during the day if needed.

If you want to stick to your plan of your parents visiting every second day then you could get a fan with a timer to use on a hot day. I don't think it gets cold enough in August to worry about cool nights. If a hamster gets cold they'll just go to their cozy house or nest or burrow into the substrate.

The risk of falling ill or injury applies to anybody really and could happen to our hamsters when we're asleep or out at work, it applies to people living alone etc. It's a risk that's part of life for humans and hamsters in our care alike.

She'll be safer and happier in her own home so i would definitely not move her.
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