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Old 06-03-2021, 02:46 PM   #1
sparkielee
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I just joined Hamster Central a few minutes ago.
I never owned a hamster, but I'd love to. I'm not allowed one where I live now, but I hope to be able to move somewhere where I can have one.

I did babysit a hamster for a neighbor a long time ago and she was very cute. I loved watching her wiggle her nose like a tiny rabbit. She was a tan hamster. I can't remember seeing a stripe on her back like a Russian hamster. She wasn't a Robo so she may have been a small Syrian.

I've been using youtube to educate myself about hamster care. I also like cats and I had a couple of them of my own. I've also had fish and frogs.

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Old 06-05-2021, 06:43 AM   #2
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Hello and welcome to hamster central. I no longer have a hamster but I still enjoy reading about others I hope you enjoy researching hamster care and one day you may own your own little one
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Old 06-05-2021, 06:49 AM   #3
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Hello and welcome!

Enjoy all the knowledge and I hope you can give a home to a little one soon. (:
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Old 06-05-2021, 09:27 AM   #4
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Hi and welcome to HC!

What a brilliant idea to join a hamster forum before getting a hamster in the future.

I wished i had done that. Enjoy!
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Old 06-05-2021, 09:10 PM   #5
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Thanks for the welcomes.

I was googling "ghost hamster" wanting to know how to clean the cage of one without getting the hamster mad at you bitten by it.

For anyone who doesn't know what a ghost hamster is it's one that's very shy or is always hiding when someone's in the room.

I hope I don't get one, but if I do, I don't want to upset it when caring for it.

Also I think it's good to know as much about hamsters as you can before you get one.

I learned a lot about hamsters on YouTube and I think this would be good for both me and any hamster I get.

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Old 06-06-2021, 02:01 PM   #6
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Also I think it's good to know as much about hamsters as you can before you get one.

Sparkie
Absolutely. It will also save you a lot of money. I got the wrong cage, kept upgrading wheels as the hamster grew bigger and bigger, upgraded houses etc etc

If i had known then what i learned on this forum after getting my first hamster, i would have bought the right stuff in the first place.
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Old 06-06-2021, 03:12 PM   #7
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Welcome to HC, Sparkie!

I was banned from owning hamsters and just like you, I turned to the internet to educate myself before ever stepping into the world of re-owning one. I did own one back in 2010 when I was 9, but got banned from them because they "stunk" (reason why I turned to YouTube to validate my point when I was older to explain my old hamster only stunk because we didn't clean her out enough.)

Just in 2 days time it will be 3 months since I have owned my male Syrian called Remy and I'm delighted to say I proved my family wrong!

Anyway, you were lucky to find out about HC before I did. I actually didn't know about HC until like 4 or 5 days after I got my little hammy, so I never had the full 1 to 1 opinions/ideas/tips I needed and only had all the years of going off independent google research and YouTube videos.

As a former college student who studied Animal Management for 2 - 3 years, (I am 20, here in the UK we start college at usually 16 or don't attend education if we don't intend to go to college and wait until Uni) I was always prepared for the ins and outs of owning hamsters so that also helped me out too.

As stated by Ria P, it will save you a LOT of money! I actually ran into a wheel mishap where I brought an entirely bad wheel that ended up clashing on the bars after a few weeks and I've just had to pay out for another wheel which comes tomorrow. I have hardly slept for like 4/5 days now. But apparently it's a good one and popular, not the best on the market but up there! It's the TRIXIE Wooden Wheel! I have a few people on here to thank for that. People on here are amazing and just a life saver!

I can also thank this community big time for letting my hamster have the life he really deserves compared to my first hamster, I feel so guilty about how she lived now I know all that I know!
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