Even the most recent cases have been accidents, he said:
The first hamsters housed in captivity, a very recent addition to the pet pantheon, were not meant to be pets — they were captured from Syria in the 1930s to be medical subjects.
Not exact matches
What started with three pets in the
first year now shelters 150 — from
hamsters and cats to horses and dogs — in kennels or foster homes, and provides relief for more than 1,000 people seeking safe temporary
housing.
You say that he was much more active when he
first came to the
house, but all Syrian
hamsters show very eccentric and energetic behavior when they enter a new environment.
Squeaking towards a
house mate or fellow dwarf
hamster — Introducing two Russian dwarf
hamsters together, squeaking is very common within the
first few weeks.