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Old 12-23-06, 11:51 am
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I took these videos at Petsmart yssterday.


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Old 12-23-06, 12:25 pm
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Re: Killer hamsters at Petsmart
Thats terrible! Was the hamster already dead? If I lived in CA I would storm down there and give those people a piece of my mind.. Did they even have food, water..what kind of bedding was that anyway..? Pine..?

Sorry.. venting.. I swear.. I thought they passed a law in CA about selling pets.. or something about keeping them in "good conditions" ?
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That is indeed terrible that there was a dead hamster in the cage, but many rodents do cannibalize their dead (especially the omnivores, like hamsters and rats). It's a survival instinct... a dead body lying around attracts predators.
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They had food, the water was fresh, i saw them put the water in there. The bedding was carefresh as that is all that this Petsmart uses. It wasnt dead when i got there. I was watching for about 10 minutes before i said anything, and he was fighting back for a while. The manager walked by about 4 times and never even looked at them or asked if they could help me. I had a couple more videos on there i dont know if they uploaded yet though. You can check if you want. There were about 15 other hamsters in that cage.
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Old 12-23-06, 01:35 pm
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Just another reason not to shop there and support that kind of animal cruelty.
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Did you speak to the manager? What did they say?
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They had food, the water was fresh, i saw them put the water in there. The bedding was carefresh as that is all that this Petsmart uses. It wasnt dead when i got there. I was watching for about 10 minutes before i said anything, and he was fighting back for a while. The manager walked by about 4 times and never even looked at them or asked if they could help me. I had a couple more videos on there i dont know if they uploaded yet though. You can check if you want. There were about 15 other hamsters in that cage.
You passively sat and watched animals kill each other without seeking help?
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One would not know that they were trying to "kill" each other at first. It looked like they were just fighting. When i saw the blood I called for a manager. She was mad because she had just put them on the floor the morining of. If you are concerned here is the store info.


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The hamsters are usually overcrowded in small tanks. As are the rats and mice. Syrians should be kept one in a tank, but they don't do that. Dwarfs can be kept in colonies, but they do fight if stressed. They usually don't have wheels in the tanks, which doesn't help.
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I'm surprised they didn't know that hamsters are not supposed to live together. They always eat eachother. My friends sister had two hamsters and they murdered eachother.
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You passively sat and watched animals kill each other without seeking help?
Exactly what I was thinking. It took ten minutes to decide you should call for help.
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One would not know that they were trying to "kill" each other at first. It looked like they were just fighting. When i saw the blood I called for a manager.
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And you didn't think a fight that looked like that deserved immediate action?! That was brutal!
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Oh my goodness!!! Pets fight ALL the time. Dogs, cats, hampsters, guinea pigs, people.. I don't think he realized or could tell that it was as serious as it ended. The point is he did say something to a manager as soon as he realized how seriously injured he was getting. My gosh!!
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Re: Killer hamsters at Petsmart
Why wouldn't you demand it be removed. I yelled until guinea pigs were given food in a petstore just a few short weeks ago. Why would you wait??????
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Oh my goodness!!! Pets fight ALL the time. Dogs, cats, hampsters, guinea pigs, people..
If you saw that many dogs/cats/people gang up on one, and start fighting like that you would wait 10 minutes, after the one died, to say anything?
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Re: Killer hamsters at Petsmart
the poor little hamsters - even though it was blurry, that was difficult to watch I know someone very fond of all kinds of small furry creatures, and that would have broken his heart.