Agreed!!

Woodmice are related to hamsters. Who are also noctural and eat seeds mostly and would be harmed by the cat. Those same little itty bitty paws.

Hello New Z. I once had a lady friend living in Aukland Balmoral. Are you anywhere near there? It is afternoon here. I love hamsters but won't try to tame wild mice!

Hi, Rozina - I'm in the North Island of New Zealand too, but lower down - well, halfway down on the left hand side (west Coast) - in Taranaki. I used to own a pets' boarding home, and have looked after pet mice and rats there (among other things). They are very cute! And not smelly if you clean their houses out every day :-))

Yes I always cleaned my hamsters' cage. They like to hoard food and sometimes they got some wet food. They had a corner for a bathroom. But with little rodents there isn't a big deal about cleaning not like a fish tankl! I almost got a white rat but decided not to...she didn't live too long the lady told me Jessie(rat) had a serious medical condition and passed away. But she left a fan club behind rip!

As a teenager, I had hamsters. I still remember my mother getting me two hamsters for Christmas one year. She told me to stay in my bedroom. Then I heard her coming upstairs. The next morning, she looked tired. She told me to go up to my bedroom and that I was not allowed down in the basement. I asked about my hamster that was down there and she said she'd look after it. OK!

Next day was Christmas Day. She sent me down to the basement. In a baby's bathtub were two hamsters. One was albino and the other was a teddy bear hamster. So then I had 3 hamsters!

The hamsters had kept her up on the night before Christmas Eve as they are most definitely nocturnal :)

Amen to that! We have had over 6 all males one after the other as they live about 2 years. Especially when young they can run over 20 mile marathons on those wheels. My dad was a night person wo they kept each other company. The hamster groomed about 10 o'clock and then ran like the dickens on that wheel. Separate rooms are a must for these critters if you want your beauty sleep. Thanks for sharing! I had golden hamsters and one angora also had two left over from a hospital lab research that we got for free! They are cute however and I loved those itty-bitty paws!

I forgot to give their names...Julio, Romeo, Nicky, Jr., Mocha, and the last one looked like a collie dog...Lassie. One girl that I got for free was Francesca but she was already very old and went to hamster heaven 3 months later. Rest in Peace my pets! How long did you have yours?