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Even though I think that hamsters are very cute; I just do not feel the same way about pet mice or rats, or even gerbils.
We had hamsters for pets when my kids were little, and they were awesome little pets. They were fun to watch and enjoyed attention when we took them out of the cage to hold them, and they were easy enough for the kids to take care of on their own.
One time, we had a little hamster cage that looked like an old-fashioned steam engine train, but it was see-through plastic.
The big wheel was where the hamster exercise wheel was located, and when the hamster ran around on the wheel, it activated something that made the little bell on the train tinkle.
This was all fine, except for one thing......... Hamsters are nocturnal.
Every night that hamster would get on his wheel and run for what seemed like hours. We were trying to go to sleep, and there was that chug-chug-chug from the wheel and ding-ding-ding from the pesky bell !
So, every night, after my daughter went to sleep, I would go and disconnect the bell so we could also get some sleep. She might have enjoyed falling asleep to the sound of her "hamster train"; but none of the rest of us did !
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