New and thinking about getting a hamster
Hi. I have a lot of questions.
I've had gerbils before, about 5 years ago, and thought they were cute and interesting, and tame enough to be a little company. I set up a safe area to let them out of the cage and sat there with them sometimes, and they would climb all over me, even sit on top of my head. One of the little stinkers chewed a hole in my shirt and I didn't notice it until later, but I just laughed.
But there was a problem with the gerbils. I found one of them dead in the cage one day, when she was just under 2 years old, and couldn't decide whether the remaining one needed for me to get her another friend, or whether she was going to die soon too--they may have been sisters. I asked myself every day what I should do. I played with her more, and didn't get another gerbil. It turned out that she lived several months longer.
So this time I want a solitary little furry pal. At first I was thinking Syrian, but then I saw online that people are saying that the larger dwarf hamsters are okay alone too.
I'll be on the forum asking about that, and about cages, which seem to be the other big and somewhat difficult decision.
I live in South Carolina in the USA and am a retired woman.
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