Right so this probably sounds very silly, but I will explain the whole situation.
Basically, as I'm sure some of you are aware, I have two wonderful guinea pigs, Pemba and Oreo. We have found a wonderful local boarding place, who specialises with guinea pigs, but will take on other small animals (hamsters etc). Anyway, we are going to visit the place this weekend and there's a few things on the website regarding hamster care that concerned me. The website mentions that all hamsters are cleaned out regularly, which, I'm sure most of you know, severely stresses hamsters out and also is unnecessary. I want to correct them, to prevent more hamsters becoming stressed out by this, but I'm not really sure the best way to go about it. I am probably quite a lot younger than the owner of the boarding place, which means I'm not always taken seriously. How can I correct them while being respectful?
The other thing that concerned me is that they charge extra for cages the size of the Hamster Heaven because it could encourage owners to bring a smaller cage to save money, making the hamster less comfortable and calm. How could I go about correcting this?
I'm not trying to bash this place because they seem excellent with their guinea pig care, but not so up to date with hamster care. I am posting this here rather than a guinea pig forum because this is more of a hamster issue.
Thank you
