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I am generally against keeping pets. Most pets are wild animals in captivity. Unless you are able to imitate their natural habitat, don’t even buy it. Keeping a solitary hamster in a cage with a running wheel is modern age dystopia. Reminds me of people in the cities with sedentary job that get some movement in an overpriced gym.

I am even against keeping dogs in cities. Dog is a proper domesticated animal that has lived with humans for millennia but it needs space to run and marks its territory with urine. If you have a house with a garden and an adjacent field where the animal can run around and be happy, don’t do it. I have a dog but I live in a rural area.