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Originally Posted by
Ramble
Ahhh no answer then...
I agree Rips and we tried with Sulu...just couldn't find one and it was my sons first hamster so had to be young and without issues as we were all inexperienced.
The resuce one we now have was not intentional...I only wanted poo bags.
I was very impressed by the staff and the joy they clearly had about our hamster being rehomed...and the absolute displeasure they felt about him having been brought into them in the way he was. The girl who dealt with us had several rescue rodents and was aware she would add to them...as well as rescue dogs.
No idea about the food...but I would always look for rescue now.
Not that many rescue hamsters around though....
Where are you looking? I know of loads of hamsters in rescue centres..
If you're looking for one I can put you in touch with someone from Surrey who will try and get transport to you.
And the main reason why most hamster's aren't in rescues - idiots think they will survive in the wild
In fact on a rabbit forum I'm on, there was a story a while back where this idiot had let this families pet rabbit out of it's hutch leaving a note saying that they weren't caring for it, it should be out in the wild socialising etc etc etc... they had two young children (aged about 7-10 - I think) and they'd had this rabbit a number of years and it got fresh food and water everyday was cleaned out every other day or something and some "do-gooder" implied that they were releasing it into the wild...
I still believe that the hamsters in the adoption/rescue bit are like Labradork says - ones that have gotten too old to keep in with the younger ones and have been put in the rescue bit. But if by any chance some aren't I would say they are originally from PAH in the first place as I know mine has a "return policy" where you sign an agreement saying if you do not want the hamster/small furry you have to take it back to PAH for re-homing.
I find it quite strange how you saw the sign over documents as when I asked to see them I got told it was against something or other to see them...
And when I asked for the history of the 2 that I got from the rescue bit, they had nothing other than "Owners didn't want them any-more" Which PAH could put down if they did have a hamster that they couldn't sell...perhaps - we will never know.
They don't take up that much "shelf space" - they are put into the tiniest cages legally allowed or illegally - I don't really know but they sure aren't suitable for one hamster let alone several hamsters at one time. It isn't really an example for potential new owners is it? "Oh look they don't take up that much space, we'll just get a cage like that and then it can go in between the cook books on the book shelf"
And I have too heard advice that was totally wrong and when I tried to tell the new owners of said animal that the info they were given was actually wrong - I got told "What do you know" they got told "not to buy a animal from PAH"
I've also seen rabbits and other small furries picked up extremely wrong whilst been caught and then they are put into a small cardboard box - absolutely traumatised..
Of course there are exceptions and some animals do well in new homes, live to a grand old age and never suffer. Some that is. And some PAH shops are better than others - just seems like we're stuck with the rubbish ones that have fighting animals, tiny cages and even one where they killed a dog (although accidental - could've been avoided)
But hey what do I know, I'm only 19, only had around 14 - 24 hamsters over several years, only had a couple of litters (accidents though) that I have helped rear and made sure all the new owners of said babies had their cages and knowledge up to scratch before I handed one over to them...I wanted to know they had good homes so they had to fill in a questionnaire and like a good breeder - albeit I wasn't professional and both litters were complete accidents - I told them if for whatever reason they did not want the hamster they could bring it/them back to me. Not one of them came back and I did get updates on a few of them quite regularly