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Old 11-07-2010, 11:48 AM   #1
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n tips and info i know a bit but whats the full details on how to do it, its something im thinking about, as well as thinking about opening my own petshop
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Old 11-07-2010, 11:58 AM   #2
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good luck with the life plan.. im not sure personally but im sure you would get lots of advise if you joined your area hamster council as you would aspire to be their standard worthy.. or go along to a local show also good place to start and get breeder hammys to start up.
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Old 11-07-2010, 12:29 PM   #3
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Well there isn't a "how to do it", as it's not a "thing". Anyone who has a hamster can call themselves a hamstery!
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Old 11-08-2010, 04:08 AM   #4
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I would say the same - go to lots of shows,join local hamster club, get to know good breeders, see how they do it, offer to give them a hand with litters ect in exchange for advice and experience, get some good stock, well bred females to breed from (and males obv!) start small with just one or two litters a year, and see how it goes. What colours would you want to breed? Most breeders specialise in a particular colour, or pattern etc, and then aim to improve that line. So you would need to know what traits are needed to make improvements to your own stock. Where would you advertise etc. . . Also make sure that you have a contingency, money put by for vets bills, extra cages for hams that dont sell, or perhaps get brought back to you. f mum dies and you have to hand rear a litter, would you have time to do feeds every hour etc . . .would you be able to make the changes within your life so that you could fit around them if they needed you.(take time off work, stay up most of the night etc . . ) All stuff to think about y'know

As for a small business such as a pet shop, I would start by researching on the net and going to the bank, they have lots of schemes to help small businesess, find out what you would need to do to borrow the money etc, and start building up your business plan. Find out about what insurances, rates for premisis, running costs etc are expected for a small business such as this. Good luck with it all
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Old 11-08-2010, 10:24 AM   #5
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thanks guys,yeah its no something im going to do straight away its going to take years to research this, but its something to think about as cause im under medical care atm when all this shifts through and stuff and have a good financial background im going to open my open petshop and pet supplies hehe
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Old 11-08-2010, 10:35 AM   #6
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Like you said, do as much research as possible, join hamster council, get to know other breeders and meet people at shows, all that will be useful in future.

As for the petshop, you will need some business knowledge, maybe there's a course you can do in your local area to learn about the basics of running a business. I think this website might be useful as well:
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Old 11-08-2010, 08:10 PM   #7
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thank u good website
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