Anyone here have hamster? My sister used to have a dwarf hamster which was cute and pretty friendly. I need some positive stories about them though, as right now they are really not on my good side.

I helped transfer the animals to the cages at Petco today, and I was stuck with the hamsters (teddy-bear)....with no gloves and no warning either! They just hissed at me and when I went to pick one up it bit me...HARD...it jabbed those front teeth waaay into my thumb, and it was bleeding badly for at least 5 minutes. I helped catch a loose hamster a few days ago too, and it was also really mean...and all of the other hamsters I put in the cages tried to bite me too. The mice and rats were ok...all of the other employees said they didn't like the hamsters either.

I kept thinking "Who would want one of these as a pet, ouch!" Lol....but it was just the pain in my thumb thinking for me.....I know not *all* hamsters can be like that! I guess if I was shipped in a box like that I'd probably be grouchy too!

Please give me some positive hamster thoughts or I fear I will never get near one again! LOL (and no, the Hamster Dance website won't help! :P)