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Okay, throughout my childhood up to the age of 13, I had a series of hamsters. I've been through a lot of breeds (Syrian, Russian, winter white, Roborovsky, etc) as well as a lot of other small rodents such as degu, rats, mice, etc.. The thing is, I've decided to get back into handling and maybe breeding hamsters, but prices have changed since 6 years ago, and I was wondering if anybody knows what prices of small rodents are like at big pet chains? The only indication of price I could find was for the Syrian at Pets At Home =/
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those aren't the ones you want to be breeding. they will just yield unhealthy babies. it'd be best to go to a hobby breeder really.
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They're like £3 through to £8
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Like £35 for rabbits and guineapigs...
Cinchillas are like £50
Hamsters are like £8
Rats are about 15
Mice are about £10
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Well, my sister gets "regular" hamsters at the pet store for around $6, but the ones you're talking about sound kind of fancy, so I really don't know.
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Quote: from The Raven at 8:48 am on Nov. 8, 2009
 those aren't the ones you want to be breeding. they will just yield unhealthy babies. it'd be best to go to a hobby breeder really.
You think? To be honest if I remember rightly when we bred them before we got them from a local breeder, but I can't for the fuck of me remember who/where and there don't seem to be any adverts online for hamster breeders in my town
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Quote: from See Me Now at 8:49 am on Nov. 8, 2009
Well, my sister gets "regular" hamsters at the pet store for around $6, but the ones you're talking about sound kind of fancy, so I really don't know.
Syrian hamsters are "regular" hamsters
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Quote: from See Me Now at 8:49 am on Nov. 8, 2009
Well, my sister gets "regular" hamsters at the pet store for around $6, but the ones you're talking about sound kind of fancy, so I really don't know.
Yeah those would be Syrians, they are around £7 here which is like $11 or something, but I don't know whether to go to a big chain or a local breeder.
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Quote: from The Raven at 8:52 am on Nov. 8, 2009
Quote: from tock at 11:50 am on Nov. 8, 2009
Quote: from The Raven at 8:48 am on Nov. 8, 2009
those aren't the ones you want to be breeding. they will just yield unhealthy babies. it'd be best to go to a hobby breeder really.
You think? To be honest if I remember rightly when we bred them before we got them from a local breeder, but I can't for the fuck of me remember who/where and there don't seem to be any adverts online for hamster breeders in my town
pet stores buy in bulk from large scale breeders who really dont have time to pay attention to the health of what they are breeding, so you're more likely to get females passing on traits like cancerous tumours, which are very common. a small hobby breeder will pay much closer attention to it though.
Any idea where I'll find adverts for local breeders?
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