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Are Hampsters fun2007-11-24 21:57:55

That sounds like a stupid question, but I was so physced to get one, but my mom totally ruined it for me, saying that hamsters are boring and they just sit there and don't do anything. Is that true? Do you think a hamster would be any fun?

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Or course hamsters are fun, if your idea of fun is adorable cuteness. No they don't just sit there. They make nests to sleep in, they chew things, they eat using both hands, the run on their wheels, they play with toys, they fall asleep in your pockets, they run around your room when they get let out and get into trouble...

Heres some videos on youtube of hamsters not doing nothing.

Or doing almost nothing yet being incredibly cute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxrh50fvh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfqnxadl3...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0e-0nton...

Edit- In response to other answers

Hamsters are crepuscular, not nocturnal. That means they are awake during the evening and morning, ironically when people are most likely to be home.

Hamsters from petstores are not tame, and so will be fearful and may bite. You'll need to leave your hamster alone for a day because of stress. Then you'll need to sit by its cage until it gets used to you, they put your hand in its cage, then get it to take food from your hand, they touch it, then get it to sit in your hand for food rewards, and finally pick it up. This all should take about a week but the effort is worth it. Hamsters that are tame don't usually bite, but they might. Cats, dogs, rats, and snakes also sometimes bite.

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Hamsters are... Ok. The ones I've had tend to like to run away, despite my attempts to hand-tame them. If you got a friendly one, it might be different. I had much more fun with lab rats, the kind people feed to snakes.

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It truly depends on what you define as fun. If watching a small fury animal run around a maze for about 20 minutes and curling into a ball and sleeping is fun; Then you're in for tons of it.

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They are Ok but they are a bit backward when it comes to having a sense of humour, you might have to explain all your jokes to them several times.