it really bugs me when people say this!
i have a guinea pig and have owned other piggys and hamsters in the past
they all have little personalities of thier own but when i try to explain that people look at me like im mad

my gp for example will squeek whenever she hears a bag rustling as she knows this is the sound of her veges she also used to when i lived in my old house with the loud front door would run around her cage squeeking when i opened it coz she knew i was home with some tasty treats

i had a hamster who loved hot dogs, he used to get the ends, he would curl up and sleep in your hand, before anyone says anything negative about the hot dog thing that hamster lived for almost 5 years i kid you not! i reacon hes one of the oldest ever hamsters, i was devistated when he died. my first pet.

this is just an example of how these pets shouldnt be scoffed at. i refer to my gp as a puppy in a cage, shes full of personality as all guinea pigs imo are they all have unique little characters that people just cant seem to see unless they have owned them

so at that what little quirks do your rodents have? what do they do that makes them so loveable and do people ever ask you whats the point in that as a pet?

I constantly get "What's the point in keeping rabbits, all they do is sit there" (I know rabbits are lagamorphs and not rodents lol), I just tend to just roll my eyes now it used to really bug me but then I started to think they are the ones missing out not me

Oh and just to say your hammy wasn't the oldest hamster, one of my old boy's made it to 5 and a half

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people who say things like that are just very deprived people, you should pity them for they dont know the joy that they are missing!

also just to add, i have had quite a few hamsters reach 5 and almost 5, my oldest was 5 and a half, followed closely by one at 5 and 2 months
but no i really wouldnt recomend feeding hot dogs

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hamster are amazing! and they are meant to have some meat, chicken ect, they do eat meat in the wild

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I too really hate that question, im not sure where my love of rodents (or animals in general) came from as my family arent really 'pet people'. My friends dont understand either. But theres lots of reason i love having them, they are great fun to watch, i believe they give you unconditional love, you can tell them anything , they often make me laugh and one of the greatest feelings is when they really get to know you and as soon as you open that cage door or come into a room they come straight over. Also having taken in lots of unwanted rodents i love the change in them when they finally get the attention and space they need and ones that used to be scared of people become trusting. I think rodents are fascinating and wouldnt/couldnt have my life without them

meat and processed junk "meat" are very different things hot dogs are bad for us.
the best meats you can feed hamsters are plain chicken or ham, or even better you can feed them insects like they would get in the wild
or you can mix some cat food in with their food mix

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m&s do 100% chicken hot dogs, the other person didnt say they were junk? i give my hammy little bits of chicken, wouldnt know where to get the insects...? that would be amazing! but hmmm wouldnt give them cat food, isnt there dodgy stuff in there? not sure though...i know hedgehogs love cat food or thats what my mum says hahaaa

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I find that all animals have their own personality!!! But I guess some people just wont understand that, especially if they never had a rodent on their own.
I had 5 guinea pigs while I was younger, and they all had different personalities.
We build them their own crate wich had a little door that could be opened so that they could go outside in summer. If we called them, they all came running inside, like a dog would do if you called him. And one of them used to snuggle with me on the sofa until it fell asleep on me
My sister had a hamster some years ago, who used to empty the content of his cheek pouches whenever he was on her hands . Nice lil gift of him . If that isn't love then I don't know what is

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I doubt very much if the OP fed M&S hotdogs to her hammy

But thats not the point, although it didn't do this hammy any harm it isn't advisable to feed hot dogs, which is what Lil Miss was saying, no digs she just mentioned it.

Cat biscuits are fine for hammies and hogs have cat food as their main diet so no one has a choice there lol.
You can get cans of insects anywhere just google can a crickets or dried mealworms (the list goes on.) In fact Tesco's sell tubs of meal worms

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i have actually seen them?! although they are fattening if your hammy has too much? is this right? id have to take it to self service.....

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