Can I leave my Hamster at Home?
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I live in Houston and I’m going on a Road trip to dallas for 5 days tops, I would take it with me but were staying in a Hotel. Is it okay the leave the Hamster at home?
Courtney
I live in Houston and I’m going on a Road trip to dallas for 5 days tops, I would take it with me but were staying in a Hotel. Is it okay the leave the Hamster at home?
Courtney
March 23rd, 2009 at 11:12 am
Melanie
are u kidding?! NOOO OF COURSE NOT!!! POOR THING
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww hamsters r so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
YOU R MEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 25th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Teresa
you need to buy a bigger water bottle and you can buy a gadget that relases food everyday it attaches to the cage go to pet smart and look there. it can be done
March 25th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Amber
just take the cage with whats so hard about that?
March 28th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Monica
One or two days would be fine but five days could be pushing it. It would be unreasonable to take it with you, but I would suggest that you have a friend care for it while you are gone.
March 29th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Allison
I would hook up 1 big water bottle or 2 full water bottles to make sure hes never thirsty.
I would also then put in a few bowls or a large bowl of food.
5 days with all he needs won’t kill him. Make sure he also has his hamster wheel for exercise. People need to chill out shes not being abusive or mean to the hamster by doing this.
March 31st, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Harvey
A hamster will be fine for that long. Just make sure he has plenty of food and water (if you can get an extra water bottle that would be good).
April 2nd, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Leo
NO!! Unless someone is taking care of it. That changes everything.
April 4th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Walter
as long as it has enough food and water i dont see why not
April 7th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Pamela
If you do leave it at home, make sure it has a lot of food, and at least 2 water bottles, in case one breaks, and it the water leaks out. That way, if that does happen, it will be okay, because there will be a second one.
I would suggest leaving it with parents or a friend.
April 8th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Jared
What size cage, water bottle, food bowl do you currently have?
If you normally play with your hamsters every day & you’re planning to leave for 5 days, I say add extra toys in the cage, upgrade to a bigger water bottle, & larger food bowl.
If you have only 1 hamster, I say you need at least a 10-gallon.
It’s a misconception people have that because hamsters are small, they need small space. That’s wrong. They need space to run around & stretch too.