Yes, hamsters come out at night... late at night. My son enjoyed his because he and I are both night owls and stay up quite late when able. Hamster urine is much more pungent than gerbils. Hamsters are generally not as people friendly as gerbils. But most importantly. Kathleen is right that they do best alone. Two will often fight and the winner is the lucky one who gets to live. Sad but true.
Jade --- "Kathleen M. Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had lots of hamsters, and they are much > happier alone. Just get one. > And I have found them to be lessloving than gerbils, > and way more nocturnal, > and therefore less fun to watch. Maybe your son > will reconsider and get > another gerbil. Kathleen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean M Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:11 PM > Subject: hamsters/Jean > > > We had a sad accident here again. My son Michael > was playing the piano > for Tiger (our 5-wk.-old gerbil). Tiger loves > listening to the music and > will often preen herself while sitting on the piano. > Well, Michael set > her on the cover to the keys this once and she > quickly ran through the > crack and disappeared into the piano. I opened the > top lid & found she'd > fallen into the wood pieces (hammers?). I tried to > push on her head > gently to get her out. I managed to get her pushed > backward some so the > rest of her body stuck out more. Then I pulled her > out gently by the > tail. She was still alive, but limp. She opened > her eye once, but then > closed it again. We rushed her to the vet. She > opened her eye again > when we were right outside of the vet's office, but > she died before we > could get her into the vet's hands. It was so sad. > The vet said they > tried everything, but she was gone. I had been > convinced she'd make it. > > Tiger was my son's favorite gerbil. She was a > beautiful blondish brown > and very gentle and loving. I told Michael we'd buy > another gerbil, but > he has decided he'd rather have a hamster. We'll > still, of course, love > and cherish our gerbils, but I guess we'll now > expand our family to > include one or two hamsters. At Petco, I ran into a > woman who has > 3-wk.-old baby hamsters at home who would otherwise > go to the pet store > if we don't take one or two. She lives in the next > development over and > we're going to go over at 5 p.m. to pick one (or > two?) up. I have a > question. I understand a 10-gal. aquarium would be > fine for one or two > hamsters. Can two hamsters - of the same sex - from > the same litter get > along alright together? Which sex is best - boys or > girls? Please > answer soon. > -Jean __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com
