Passing on ethical care

[Lovelyness]

I've got a plumber here fixing my bath tap at the moment. He spotted Blossom's cage and he said he was thinking about getting a hamster, so I filled him in on the best place to get a hamster locally, and on standards of care for hamsters, size of cage etc Good to save him the bother of buying all the wrong stuff, and save a hamster from living in a tiny unsuitable cage and running around in a hamster ball

 

[Socks' Mum]

Excellent, hopefully he will join the forum. Yes, you are a great hambassador

 

[Lovelyness]

Love being a "hambassador" That's a great word for it

 

[Maz]

It's satisfying when you can do that isn't it? It saves people making expensive mistakes and makes sure another hamster has a better life. I've done that with a few people and then you start to see them giving you looks as if to say - this person does nothing but talk about hamsters!

I did manage to persuade a vet once as well! After having a home vet visit. They were wowed by Raffy's cage and I explained the current guidelines and how it worked for him. It's surprising how many vets know very little about hamster cages and don't look into that side of things or even advise on it.

 

[Hammie-O]

It's satisfying when you can do that isn't it? It saves people making expensive mistakes and makes sure another hamster has a better life. I've done that with a few people and then you start to see them giving you looks as if to say - this person does nothing but talk about hamsters!

I did manage to persuade a vet once as well! After having a home vet visit. They were wowed by Raffy's cage and I explained the current guidelines and how it worked for him. It's surprising how many vets know very little about hamster cages and don't look into that side of things or even advise on it.

Oh yes, 'talking about nothing but hamsters' is why I joined the forum. My loved ones do, I think.. , appreciate my updates. But this place is great

Well done for spreading the word on current guidelines. You can see they're right by how much happier hamsters are in bigger, more enriching enclosures.