WinnieTheHam
05-02-2015, 02:27 PM
Hi all. I do an animal management course and they have loads of animals at college.
I'm worried about all of them to be honest, especially the hamsters. They have small cages, with insecure platforms, cotton fluff bedding, pine shavings and some don't even have a wheel. The ones that do, the wheels are way too small.
I'm wanting to report it to someone but i don't know who, i can't stand to see them live in that way. They also get 9 grams of food, when i plated it up for them it looks like less than a teaspoon! is that right? ... i put a bit extra for them and i got told off and they said that they will get overweight and that other rodents have been put on a diet because of students being kind to them.. which i understand, they will get overweight because they haven't been given the correct enrichment, cage size and wheel! but they're probably starving.
I feel that if i say anything to my tutors they will think they know best and that i'm wrong.
It breaks my heart. I just want to take them all home. What do i do?
I'm worried about all of them to be honest, especially the hamsters. They have small cages, with insecure platforms, cotton fluff bedding, pine shavings and some don't even have a wheel. The ones that do, the wheels are way too small.
I'm wanting to report it to someone but i don't know who, i can't stand to see them live in that way. They also get 9 grams of food, when i plated it up for them it looks like less than a teaspoon! is that right? ... i put a bit extra for them and i got told off and they said that they will get overweight and that other rodents have been put on a diet because of students being kind to them.. which i understand, they will get overweight because they haven't been given the correct enrichment, cage size and wheel! but they're probably starving.
I feel that if i say anything to my tutors they will think they know best and that i'm wrong.
It breaks my heart. I just want to take them all home. What do i do?