Serious Q from my 11 year old !
Dec 29th 2005, 1:06 pm
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Re: Serious Q from my 11 year old !
Originally Posted by copa
ARe you sure?
In 33 years I have not seen a single hamster for sale in NSW.
In 33 years I have not seen a single hamster for sale in NSW.
http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/pests/pest...ited_pets.html
is the Qld info
Jensteve may be the ones with the answer - been looking through old posts and it seems they have a pet shop......!!
Dec 29th 2005, 1:14 pm
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Re: Serious Q from my 11 year old !
Watched a programme that said rats dribble pee constantly although they do seem very tame.
Guinea Pigs are good we had them as kids and you can train them to come to you and also if you whistle they chirrup back, not quite as friendly as a rat though.
So are the Aussies frightened the hamsters may take over Aus as well? Why the ban? What about gerbils they are ok but stink a bit?
Guinea Pigs are good we had them as kids and you can train them to come to you and also if you whistle they chirrup back, not quite as friendly as a rat though.
So are the Aussies frightened the hamsters may take over Aus as well? Why the ban? What about gerbils they are ok but stink a bit?
Dec 29th 2005, 2:18 pm
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Re: Serious Q from my 11 year old !
Buy her a kangaroo & tell her it's a rare giant hamster 
Dec 29th 2005, 3:14 pm
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Re: Serious Q from my 11 year old !
Originally Posted by annqldau
What about gerbils they are ok but stink a bit?
Guinea Pigs, Mice and Rats are allowed as pets, at least in QLD.
Dec 29th 2005, 6:05 pm
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Re: Serious Q from my 11 year old !
Just wait till I get my hands on the person who said I could smuggle one from down south 
Another good reason to move back home
Another good reason to move back home
Dec 29th 2005, 6:15 pm
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Re: Serious Q from my 11 year old !
Originally Posted by Tiggs+Graz
Actually i think that pet rats are much nicer.
Easier to handle (they actually come out of the cage to see you where hamsters run away!) and much less likely to bite you (never been bitten by a rat but i have had loads of hamster bites (which really hurt!!))
most people are worried about rats because they think of sewer rats (yuck!) but pet rats are nothing like them and i think they make a better pet for a child than hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils etc (i have owned all of these and much prefer the rats!).
Tiggs
Easier to handle (they actually come out of the cage to see you where hamsters run away!) and much less likely to bite you (never been bitten by a rat but i have had loads of hamster bites (which really hurt!!))
most people are worried about rats because they think of sewer rats (yuck!) but pet rats are nothing like them and i think they make a better pet for a child than hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils etc (i have owned all of these and much prefer the rats!).
Tiggs
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