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[unlucky mark mv6]

My missus and son are trying to twist my arm to get em a hamster.My question is,do you reckon our staffie would eat it,and should i let em have one.

[Hannah Judes Dad]

We have a guinea pig,a parakeet and a staffie.Our dog is so stupid it just sniffs the guinea pig and tries to catch the bird when we let it out of it's cage to fly around the house.It will never catch it as it is too high when it flies.

[KillerWatt]

My missus and son are trying to twist my arm to get em a hamster.My question is,do you reckon our staffie would eat it,and should i let em have one.

Only if you've trained it to open the cage.

Whether the dog eats the rodent or not is dependant on the dog, but the chances are the dog will want to play with it....and the chances of the rodent suffering heart failure after such an event are probably quite high.

Ignoring keeping the two apart though, hamsters are low maintenance, but also have a very short life span.

[Turk]

My missus and son are trying to twist my arm to get em a hamster.My question is,do you reckon our staffie would eat it,and should i let em have one.

Only if you've trained it to open the cage.

Whether the dog eats the rodent or not is dependant on the dog, but the chances are the dog will want to play with it....and the chances of the rodent suffering heart failure after such an event are probably quite high.

Ignoring keeping the two apart though, hamsters are low maintenance, but also have a very short life span.

...and nocturnal.

[zippo]

a mate of mine has a miniature hedge hog and a daft staff and a dafter top gear dog and they get along if the hog stays in its cage. If it did come out though my money would be on the hog

[waspy]

My nieghbour has a SBT & when her little girl brought home the Hamsters from school the dog was frightened of the Hamsters & cried all day to get out of the room
Bloody Poofter

[feeutfo]

depends how upset the family gets when little furry dies, my memory of the things is you never see them until you have to burry it efter a heart attack, as said. Save your time money and agro imo.

[Jimbob]

There are better rodents than hamsters....try gerbils, far more entertaining 

[Ken L]

A rat would be a better pet than a hamster. Hamsters are more likely to bite, rats are more intelligent, don't go disapearing down the furniture etc.

   I used to keep and breed tame rats years ago, I had dozens of them. Great pets.

  Whatever you get, get a book on how to keep it at the same time, and go through it with your lad so he can take the responsibilty of looking after it.

[unlucky mark mv6]

depends how upset the family gets when little furry dies, my memory of the things is you never see them until you have to burry it efter a heart attack, as said. Save your time money and agro imo.

Couldent agree more chris

[sexydaz]

guinea pigs make a lovely pet i got 2 for my girls they lived indoors in aplastic cage/hutch but when the novelty wore off and they didnt bother with em i took em back to the store shame cos they really were nice pets,but thats the thing with kids i want iwant iwant then you end up looking after the pet they cant be arsed with

[STMO999]

My son's got two guinea pigs, but I have to clean the cage twice a week, otherwise they get very smelly. Plus you need quite a big space for the cage and you should let them out for a run, at which time they will chew through anything and everything.
As has been said, hamsters are nocturnal and will drive you mad running around that wheel all night.

[Andy B]

We used to have two guinea pigs. They made great pets. They had a hutch by the back door but also had the use of a 8' x 8' run on the 'lawn' in the garden. It's amazing how much grass two guinea pigs can eat, just keep moving the run around the garden & the lawn mower can stay in the shed!       

[cruisetopoland]

Hamsters: hide all day, scratch all night then just die.

Would agree with many comments above re: alternatives, esp. rats-intelligent and make nice pets.

You could always put a Furby in a hamster cage and just lie 

[Richie London]

our hamster used to run that wheel for 4 hrs everynight, until i put it in its plastic ball and kicked it over the fence