Hamster problem - - need to vent

[John_Locke]

So, about two and a half weeks ago, I decided to buy my girlfriend a hamster for her birthday. She fell in love with a black bear hamster:



So, we went home with Bernard the hamster. He shit all over the box he was in, but we figured that he was just nervous. We bought a cage, bedding, and a ball, and read up on hamster care for a few hours on the internet. We really took a liking to him, although he was a bit nippy, he had a fun personality and enjoyed monkey-barring around the cage.

12 days later, he was dead. Not sure what did it. He ate 1-2 pellets a day (as instructed by the Petsmart specialist) and got enough water, sleep and exercise. He just got limp, and when my girlfriend got back from class, he was dead. She did not take it well, but she was not too messed up over it.

One day later, her friends got her a new hamster, Gus. We had to visit my girlfriend's family this weekend, so we took the little guy home and bought him some treats. He seemed fine; he was somewhat active but slept constantly. One the way back to PA today, he died.

Thats two hamster dead in about two weeks. What the fuck.:

Seems like Petsmart is selling faulty rodents. Anyone else ever have a problem like this?

I plan on marching into Petsmart tomorrow morning and getting a full refund for both. Fortunately, they have a return policy, but still. It was a $130 investment including the cage and toys. Fucking chain stores.