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Lauren • She/Her • Autistic & ADHD
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so there's been debate recently if hamsters are actually ethical to have as pets, particularly in comparison with other rodents like rats and mice, and the answer is almost always a resounding no.

They run five miles in the wild every night and often try to escape their enclosures or go depressed being confined even in massive cages that are the size of a medium closet. they're also completely nocturnal and are often woken in the day by us. and lots of people mentioned how their hamsters either did not like human interaction or did not like it enough to justify keeping them as pets (for the debate)

meanwhile mice are happy in 50-75 gallon tanks and a wheel. House mice, the species fancy mice were bred from, typically don't go very far from their nests. 10-50 feet. rats go a few hundred feet, still not comparable to the MILES that hamsters run.

and then there's the tamability. both mice and rats can grow to truly love human interaction and most do with a little bit of taming. for example, all of my girls who were rescues and had horrible experiences coming to me warmed up to me less than an hour after getting in their new cage (except for two. I've had twelve mice.) rats very often are referred to as pocket puppies BECAUSE OF how affectionate they are. hamsters arent really like that.

I feel like hamsters are cute, yes, but they're sought after more because they feel less 'rodenty' than mice and rats (who almost every culture sees as pests and dirty), even though they really should not be kept as pets.

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