how long have you had your hamster?

Minicooper · 08-03-2006, 08:05 AM

I've had Hammis for 9 months, as I got her in November.

souffle · 08-03-2006, 08:11 AM

I've had hamsters from when I was about 7 yrs old with very few breaks! That is er....a very long time and quite a lot of hamsters

**babyboos** · 08-04-2006, 03:43 AM

I have been around hamsters for over 25 years! In the beginning I was way to young to actually directly care for them but all my earliest memories nearly all have a hamster in them, usually a succession of Golden Shorthaired males and females, up until I was about 6 or 7, when we got a Longhaired Black Eyed Cream Banded, I loved that hamster and my parents had to make a special trip all the way to South of England for her. If it hadn't been for the animal rights movement I wonder if I may never have had hamsters in my life???

Minicooper · 08-04-2006, 03:50 AM

Have you had any other animals in your life. Because after Hammis I intend on getting some different animals.

**babyboos** · 08-05-2006, 03:11 AM

I have had, and still do have, different animals but hamsters and dogs have been a constant in my life

SnuggleHam · 08-05-2006, 04:37 AM

We had this discussion in PM a bit Minicooper, but for the sake of the thread Ill share my experience as well.

The first hamster I owned was a syrian hamster I named Teddy, I was probably about 13-14 then. I didn’t get my next hamster until a year or so ago at age 21. My hamster before last was Gerald (there is a pic of him in the logo) he was a rescue that I owned for about a year. He was probably a year or two already when I got hold of him.

My roborovski Pichu has been around since the spring of 2005

My newest ham Gwen inst that old at all. she’s also adopted and I’ve had her for about a month now id say. But ive had pets of some sort all my life.

rhona · 08-05-2006, 05:14 AM

i have had hamsters emmmm since i was born! well my mum/ big brother had one when i was born she was called nibs because she always bit people and they woke up to have 12 little babies but the name stuck! she died when i was about 3 and we got another and called him nibbles lol very imaginative i know! after nibbles i got jimmy when i was around 7 and he died when he was 5! he was totally bald when he died but was as cute as a button! while having jimmy my brother had a hamster called mickey althouh he died young and he got another called lysia jane and my brother lost interest im her so i looked after her

once both hammies passed i got my next girl crystel from the sspca i liked her because he kept biting the volenteer

although she never bit me! Then there was honey followed by pippa and now i have fudge

Minicooper · 08-05-2006, 05:21 AM

you have had alot of experience with hammies rhona

rhona · 08-05-2006, 05:22 AM

yip i loved them to bits

flogging_molly · 08-05-2006, 10:54 AM

I've been around hammies around 10 years now and like Morag all my memories of childhood involve hamsters, i have always had them as pets, my family don't particularly understand why i love them so much and think i would have grown out of it by now but i just love them and they really do fascinate me!!