Why should someone who is required to know about tons of different animals be blamed for making a mistake sexing a tiny animal that's really hard to sex to begin with? It's too easy to make mistakes, why are they "supposed" to know? It's probably not even a lack of experience so mych as the animals are not that dimorphic. My managet Jenn has more experience with small animals than anyone I know, but we have still sat for twenty minutes and debated the sex of a single dwarf hamster.



The gloves.....I don't OWN any hamsters, that is how I handle the ones at work. I have been bitten too many times, especially by dwarf hamsters, to risk it anymore. If the animal is a bit more freaked out when it gets out to the customer we sit on the floor with the animal in a bucket until it settles down, then I scoop it up......gloves still on.

On any given day, I get bitten by three or more animals. If I can preent one more (Especially a very painful one) then I will.

Last week, my co-worker came running into the back room where I was washing dishes and proceeded to bleed rivers of blood into the sink. Guess what? A hamster nailed him when he put his hand in front of it and tried to scoop it up gently. No thank you!