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From: Deb Rebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: biting
> >I apologize ahead of time since my question is actually about my hamster
> >instead of my gerbil. I have a siberian hamster
>
> There is no such thing. This is a misnomer spread by pet stores.
> You probably have a dwarf campbell hamster. They are often labelled
> 'siberian' by pet stores....there is a variety of dwarf hamster, 'Russian
> Winter White' which is very rare. So...
>
Oh yes there is------- if you live in the UK and are a fan of a certain
sitcom called Fawlty Towers.
Manuel's pet rat that causes havoc in one of the episodes was sold to him by
the petshop as a Siberian hamster.
SUe
