Gumtree again

[ZenGwen]

Ugggh, I just looked for hamsters on the craiglist in my home city... (New York, USA). Why did I do that? Whyyyy? Poor babies...

[BrainGirl]

Originally Posted by ham888

Grrrrrr! Now there's a 2 year old female on in west yorks. What, they kept her for 2 years and now it's too much?

Originally Posted by evel_lin

That's what my Nancy's owners did

That's what happened to my Theo too. I see it often enough that I wonder if there's a common reason. Whether it's that people think hammies live longer than they do or that they don't want to explain death and dying to their children I don't know. Those are my hypotheses anyway. Maybe I'll start asking when I see adds like those and compile a list

[evel_lin]

It's sad isn't it. I wondered if it could be related to medical costs? People assuming that end of life care for a hamster is expensive so want to get rid of them before it's an issue?

[BrainGirl]

Maybe in the UK that could be true, but here most people don't even consider a vet for a rodent. They're on a par with goldfish and when they get sick of them they get "flushed"

[LancashireLass]

It makes me so mad, why do these people buy pets, they are living creatures that have certain needs and should be provided for.

To own any animal isn't a god given right but a privilege and should be treated as such the animal deserves respect. I detest these so called not rights who buy a pet only to treat it like an unwanted toy after a few weeks, grrrrrrrrrrr.

J x

[ham888]

It's interesting that the adverts for both the hams I said I saw disappeared once I had posted the fact here... did someone on here get them or just a coincidence?

[SinNyx]

I've just opened up my rescue website again...been seeing more hammies lately on ad websites so I would like to offer any I can a home!
All of this can be sooooo frustrating...I just want to take them all!

[DexterChloe]

I wish I could do that too SinNyx.... Unfortunately my OH isn't too keen on the idea if I had my way I'd fill our whole house with needy animals. But apparently two is enough!!
Hats off to you though! You're doing a wonderful thing.

[leedsgurl]

I know it's hard to look at those ads I try not to as I would want to rescue them all too, but my husband would kill me!

Originally Posted by ZenGwen

Ugggh, I just looked for hamsters on the craiglist in my home city... (New York, USA). Why did I do that? Whyyyy? Poor babies...

Is it a good thing you're in Edinburgh then?

[BrainGirl]

Originally Posted by DexterChloe

I wish I could do that too SinNyx.... Unfortunately my OH isn't too keen on the idea if I had my way I'd fill our whole house with needy animals. But apparently two is enough!!
Hats off to you though! You're doing a wonderful thing.

Hmm...I don't have an OH, maybe I should get myself one so I'm not so tempted by every needy ham I see