ok i want a hamster but my mom doesnt want a rodent in the house. i havent asked for a hamster yet, but i did ask for a gerbil and was told no. now i realize i want a hamster. i asked for a gerbil like 6 mos ago and havent brough it up since. anyways, my mom also says it will just be bringing food for my cat. and my dog. my moms old excuse was that we had too many pets,2 cats, a dog, a parakeet, and fish, but the fish are all dead(we're getting more:( ) and my kitten died of unknown causes, though i think he had cancer:( and my cat hates my guts and the dog is my moms and the parakeet is evil. really. she hates the whole world. and i want a pet that is all mine, and that i can be responsible over. ive done a TON of research, made a poster, and im gonna put the cage in the guest bdrm so mom wont have to see it. but i havent asked yet, because im afraid my parents will say no without even hearing me out. is there any good way to bring up asking for a hamster to parents? pleez help!|||I know what you mean. I have the same exact problem. My mom said that I couldnt have a hamster beacuse "she said so" and I have done so much research, and typed so many documents, and said that I wouldnt take no for an answer so she said that to make me stop doing research and stuff. I think that I deserve a hamster for doing SO much work, and I think that you deserve one too. ur poor kitty died, and youre really sad. just tell her you wont take no for an answer and do all this stuff like picking out a cage and measuring how long it is, and make a piece of paper ath size so you know how big it is, pick out all thes stuff you need add up the cost, and earn enopugh money to pay for it, and have enough money to pay for more food and bedding when you run out. Do tons of research and give ur parents a presentation on it, and give the reasons, and tell about ur other pets and how they suck. Ask if you cant have a hamster say you want another kitty. Ask her when she would ever see, smell, or hear the thing, and tel her you will pay her five cents when she does. to make her confident that she wont. why would she want ur money. Tell her the real reason is that you get lonely without ur kitty, and you have no nice pets of your own. Tell her it would make you responsible. Good luck!!!

email me back with the update!!! pleez!|||Sounds like your family is pretty busy with the animals you've got now!|||make sure it doesn't bite, hamsters can be evil too|||You seem extremely responsible. You've done your research, and you seem very devoted to your pets. I've had a hamster too and they are very friendly, fun creatures. I'm not sure what your mom has got against hamsters but they are very friendly, cute creatures. I think that you should make a promise to your parents that you will take good care of your hamster. You should show them your responsibility by showing them how good you are with your other pets. I hope this helped. Good luck!!! <333|||ask them to listen to you, because without even hearing you out, thats unfair. tell them taht you just want a pet thats YOUR own. show them that you can be responsible, like helping around the house, and if you're old enough get a job, if not, try saving up money and buying the things yourself. a hamster is pretty cheap, only around 7-10 dollars. mine was 2 dollars, cuz it was on sale during christmas.|||lol this happend to mee. that sounds exactly like the question i wrote awhile back lol so heres what happend

i have 2 gerbils now… well i had 2 dogs and 2 guinea pigs and my mom said we had too many pets. my neighbors gerbils had had babies and she didnt know what to do with them so she was giving them to a snake breeder. my mom had known that i had wanted my neighbors gerbil for ever but she kept saying it was tooo much. so the day came when she was getting rid of all of her gerbils and i was heart broken. i had done A TON of reaserch on them and their was only 5 hours till the guy was coming to pick them up. so i sat my mom down and told her all the great things about them and how responsible i am an how happy it would make me. and i had to talk really fast so she couldnt get a word in. any way after 10 minutes she finally said okay you and your sister go pick out one each. i have had them for 3 weeks and i love little sunny and stormy. also if that dosent work. you should obsess about it for as long as it takes. reserch what they need and look at pics of them and go on to online petsupplies stores and look at the things they have when your parents are looking so they see your serious. ask for one for your birthday,x mas, when you did somthing that makes them proud. i hoped i helped.tell them you will never be responsible if you never have anything to be responsible for. and dont go wahhh wahh wahhh plz plz plz parents hate whining …. if they still say no then you need to be a mature adult and accept their dessision. and get one when you live on your own.|||Are you sure your family isn't already busy enough with all the animals they have now? If you think not, go ahead and ask her. It seems like you've done as much as you can and I think it could be a good time to ask. Give it a shot and see what happens!|||u could be persuasive they will only do it if it somehow help's them tell them that u want to learn responsibility our do somthing like clean the house n make them real happy then ask|||Well i dont want to be rude but i dont think ur a not a very good pet keeper and if u really like hamsters u want the best for them right? well i dont recomend a hamster for u becuz first of all if u buy 2 of them(girl and boy) the'll babies if u dont feed them right the will eat each other!! and if it gets lost he will have babies with some rat and the babies will get all over ur house!!!!!!!!!|||ask your mom for a deal, find something wrong with what you do, say your room is always messy, promise to keep it clean for a month straight and keep up the habit when you get the hamster. when you get a hamster get a black bear, they were bread to be nice and they are easy to handle.|||I have been in the same boat, my rat had died on my b-day and I had been wanting to get another pet because I was missing my rodent friend and my sister had a hamster that was hers. What I really wanted were 2 gerbils, but since my stepmom got bit by one when she was little she wouldn't allow it, plus she didn't want anymore rodents in the house. Finally I convinced her by making a little presentation. I found out the exact price for all the stuff I wanted to buy at first by hitting a petstore and writing down the prices for the initial set up (the cost for the rodents themselves, cage, etc.) then I figured out how much it would cost monthly for the food, bedding, treats, and toys. Then I read several books and sites about gerbils biting, and noted down what they said about the topic. I saved up money until I had enough for the initial set up and 1 month after owning them. Fianlly, I typed it all on the computer and made it look very proffessional looking. I printed it out and gave it to her when she was in a good mood and told her this, "Please read this whole thing with out saying a single word to me, then afterwards we can discuss it." She did and finally she said yes!! (by the way, the gerbils HAVE NEVER BIT ANYONE, though my sisters hamsters have.) So maybe try that and see if it works.

Hope This Helps!!!

Oh yeah, don't promise anything like you will do the dishes for a whole month or soemthing, them in your parents eyes a hamster is just a reward, not a responsibilty probably and if they say no don't throw a fit, jsut try later on.

Good Luck!!!!

SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR KITTEN!!!!!! :(|||We got my mom hooked on having small rodents as pets when one of my brother's classmates brought in baby gerbils and offered them to the class. We had a wide array of hamsters and gerbils, and even baby hamsters after that.

Maybe if you find out specifically who has baby hamsters? and they're giving them away free?|||wow u must want 1 pretty bad to type this much make sure u know how much it would cost then tell ur mom she wont even have to c and ull only let it out if its in the excerball and try to find any excuses for having 1 like teaching u responcibility

and u get the money not ur mom u buy it with ur own money