So, years ago I used to have a hamster. We got it from a young student who seemed nice, I don't think she mistreated the hamster at all, but she just couldn't look after it anymore for some reason and had to let it go so we took it in. I was pretty young and scared of being bitten, because the moment we got it I put my finger in the cage like an idiot and got bitten. Back then I expected having a rodent pet would be something like Doris the rat in home alone 3, friendly and affectionate, but while I knew that was a movie, I was surprised to see it was the opposite. I was nervous to handle it, but I still tried a lot and turns out it was much more scared of me and would constantly try to escape being picked up. We cleaned it's cage and looked after it, but since the start it just looked really depressed. It wasn't interested in exploring any kinda hamster tubes or running on a hamster wheel, which is fair enough, I probably couldn't be bothered to either, but it really didn't look happy at all. Eventually it took all the straw to its hut and just spent all it's time there without coming out. I'm sure not all hamsters are the same, but why was this the case? Was it because the change of owners, do pets need to be brought up from a baby to bond with an owner?
What would be a good small rodent pet that doesn't need other rodents with it and would be a good friend?
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