So Lizziey got two new hamsters.

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Male and female.

When I mentioned this, she said she'll just bring the babies back to the store, that the salesperson told her to do this.

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Hamsters eat their babies, don't they? And are terribly unsocial, right?

Yeah, this is gonna end well.

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She is aware that even if she plans to give the babies to the pet store, she'll have to deal with them for several days until they get old enough to return, right?

The pet store probably just wants free animals from her.

Hamsters do eat their babies sometimes--a general rule is that if the hamster is an asocial one, it's more likely to eat its babies. If it's socialized well with humans, it's more likely to be a good hamster-parent. Hamsters can be difficult to own, because if you don't devote a fairly sizable chunk of time to socializing them, they can be kind of.. nasty.

Of course, every hamster is an individual, and some need less work than others. I'd still rather have rats. At least they love me and lick me adorably.

Overall, try to convince her to not keep one of the hamsters--I'd give back the female, just in case it's already pregnant!

I may have rambled. (I should just add this as a disclaimer everywhere...)