What would you know before buy hamster
Before you buy a hamster you might to decide if hamster is right pet for you and your family too. The following things should help you with this difficult decision.
- Hamsters daily routine: Hamsters are nocturnal animals and therefore you might be disappointed that they are not active at all during a day. If you are of a similar nature as hamsters and you are awake at night and you are in good mood to play games with hamster during a night first point is solved.
- Children and Hamsters: Hamsters are often bought to young childern. There may be a problem, because as it was mentioned in point 1, hamsters are nocturnal creatures, and generally, when small children are sleeping, hamsters are awakening to life. It is not recommended to let childern under 8 years old alone with hamster without adult supervision. For children who are younger than 5 years there is even a risk of transmission of certain diseases.
- Hamsters, pragnency and decreased immunity: Hamsters can carry salmonella. Pregnant women and people who has reduced immunity, therefore, would not take the hamster and should avoid any contact with these animals.
- How much space hamster need? This question is not easy to answer because much depends on what type of hamster it is. The small space may cause fighting among hamsters and they can be stressed if there is any other hamster in their territory. Female hamsters due to lack of space can kill and eat their young.
- How much does the hamster cost? It is quite cheap to buy hamster itself. But there are many other thing that must be bought during hamsters live. There are some examples:
- hamsters cage
- hamsters accommodation
- hamsters bedding
- box to carry hamster
- hamster wheel
- bowl with hamster food
- water container
- food for hamster
- medicine for hamster
- hamsters toys
- Do you have time for a hamster? You should play with hamster every day, you have to buy and prepare food for him every day. It took quite lot of time.
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