PET gerbils and hamsters can catch monkeypox and may have to be put down to control its spread, health chiefs have warned. They said the rodents must be quarantined in a lab for three weeks if a ...

There are two main species of hamsters kept as pets: Syrian (Golden) hamsters and Siberian (Dwarf) hamsters. Syrian hamsters are solitary by nature. You shouldn’t put them together after they reach 10 ...