I'm sure this video is going to make somebody angry because people tend to
get upset when they don't hear the things they want to hear but that's what
today's video is going to be and I'm going to be talking about why you
shouldn't get a hamster keep in mind I'm not trying to discourage people from
owning hamsters but rather showing them what the realities of owning them are
because they are important to look at the cons of owning a pet as well as the
pros and a lot of people just talk about the pros of owning a pet the first thing
is that hamsters are not low maintenance a lot of people like to label them as
low maintenance and I think this is because people try to sell them as kids
pets and so they try to make them seem as easy to care for as possible and a
lot of people think you just have to feed them and that's it but a hamster
requires so much more they need a lot of research to be done on them and they
need a lot of proper care and it just takes so much more than just feeding
them every day the next thing is hamsters are nocturnal/crepuscular
so this means they're not going to be awake during the day and this can be a
problem for anybody who is really wanting a pet that they can hang out
with during the day or if somebody has a strict sleep schedule and you have to go
to bed at a certain time because hamsters generally are awake during
later hours of the night some hamsters don't wake up until 1:00 in the morning
so unless you're more of a night owl you're not really going to be able to
see your hamster too often. Hamsters can be noisy at night because hamsters are
nocturnal they are going to be awake when you are sleeping and hamsters tend
to make quite a few noises when they're in their cage from drinking their water
bottle to running on their wheel which sometimes can become squeaky or it can
bang against the side of the enclosure or maybe your hamster decides to put
some seeds in the wheel and then run on it and create a windstorm of seeds so
they can be quite noisy at night which can disturb your sleep. Hamsters don't
always want to be cuddled I wouldn't categorize hamsters as a cuddly species
I would say hamsters are more adventurous and curious and they have a
lot of energy they are going to want to be moving more so than just sitting in
one place and being held and cuddled and loved on they would rather run around in
a playpen and explore and find different seeds and things like that so if you're
hoping for a pet that's going to snuggle up beside you a hamster most likely
isn't going to be it. Hamsters are hard to please and this can result in the
owner becoming stressed because you've tried everything you've been giving your
hamster everything you've done everything you can and they still seem
like they are never happy with what you can provide them you can upgrade their
cage a bunch of times they may still want more space you can try a bunch of
different boredom breakers and they may seem bored all the time so a lot of the
times it can be very hard to keep them happy almost. Hamsters need a lot of
space so if you're somebody who lives in a small house or small apartment or you
just live in a really tight space where you don't have too much room for things
or any place to place a very large cage a hamster might not be the best pet
because they do need a very large cage and some hamsters in fact will need
something even bigger when they show signs of boredom you will need to
upgrade their enclosure so if you don't have room for that both of you and the
hamster can end up pretty stressed. Hamsters have short lifespans so this
can be a little bit difficult for anybody who it has a hard time with
death because you don't get as much time with a hamster as you would a dog or cat
due to the fact that their lifespans just aren't as long a hamster typically
lives one-and-a-half to two years on average so you really don't get a ton of
time with them and death does come up quickly. Hamsters are really great escape
artists and this can be a very stressful thing if you end up losing your hamster
because they are so small they can go under crevices, in holes, under cracks,
in things, under things like it's they can go pretty much anywhere and it's
very stressful trying to find a tiny little animal in your home some hamsters
have even managed to figure out how to open up their own cage doors that is how
well some hamsters are at escaping so that is something to consider and the
last thing is hamsters unfortunately are more prone to illnesses hamsters
nowadays really do not have amazing genetic lines
thanks to rodent mills which if you don't know what a rodent mill is it's a
place where people breed and breed and breed hamsters and they have no regard
for their health or temperament so if a mother hamster has history of tumors or
other illnesses in her line they don't care about that and they're still going
to breed her which then passes on her genetics to her offspring which then
have chance of having those illnesses which leads to shorter lifespans more
illnesses and things like that. Hamsters are more prone to things like
tumors, cysts, abscesses, respiratory infections and reproductive issues and
other illnesses and if any of those things happen or if your hamster happens
to get sick you are going to have to take them to your local exotic vet to
get them help. so I really hope this video can help anybody who is looking
into getting a hamster and I hope it can kind of make some people realize there
are some cons to hamsters and if they can't handle those that a hamster might
not be the best pet for them so yeah guys thank you for watching bye