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.