Shock for children

Shock for children: hamsters died like flies

Hamster "Happy" was the only one of the three hamsters to survive - and is still happy and well.(Bild: zVg)

Shock for the children of a Villach family: after just a few hours in their new home, two hamsters died - they had been sold sick. Only "Happy" is still alive (see photo above). The illness behind it and why pets should only come from breeders.

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They are cute and unfortunately are often bought for children as a toy substitute - and then disposed of like toys. Of course, there are responsible people who keep small animals in a species-appropriate way and pass on an awareness of respect for animals to their children.

As the trade in small animals is booming almost as much as the trade in cheap puppies, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs and the like often suffer a terrible fate and are produced in mass breeding facilities - bred would be the wrong word. A family who bought a hamster in good faith only to find it lying dead in its cage a few days later also had to experience this. And unfortunately it was no sad coincidence - the second hamster also died the very next day.