Hamster prices?

Question

I hope you remember this. Including the hamster itself, how much money do you think you spent on you hamster from the time you bought it to the time it died? How long did it live?

Answer 1

I bought a 3 story delux for my hamster: about 70 dollars

Toys: 30 dollars

Food: 25 dollars

Other stuff: 100 dollars!!

Thats mainly because i spoiled her BIG TIME!!  from the day i went to get her from the pet store, the total was $120.38  she lived 6 years and i swear by the time she died, i got out all my credits and added them up...  

   all in all:  about $230 dollars

JUst remember i spoiled her

Answer 2

mine live about 2 years and I dont keep track of how much I spend but they're inexpensive :P

Answer 3

i bought my hampster for 12 dollars and it lived for 2 years. most hampsters live only 2 years

Answer 4

hamaster are $20-30 and they can last for 10 -15-20 years in  that range

Answer 5

It can get expensive. Here's a list:

Proper size cage or aquarium: $20-100 depending on size, model, etc.

An aquarium plus a lid would probably be $25-35

food dish $5

water bottle & holder $5-15

chew toys $5

food $5

bedding (never get pine or cedar) $5-15

hamster $5-30 depending on breed

The initial cost would be about $50-100, the lower price would be buying absolute minimum which is not recommended. You need to completely change the bedding at least once a week. How often you'll need to buy a new bag of bedding will depend on what size cage and what size bag of bedding you get. A medium size bag with a regular 10 gal. size aquarium would probably only fill the cage twice, if that.

The same goes for food, it depends on the size of the bag and how much you feed. Food needs to be changed daily, so if you buy a really big bowl and the hamster doesn't eat it all you'll be throwing a lot away. A bag of food can last anywhere from a week to a month. If you have to buy a $5 bag of food and a $5 bag of bedding every week it can get expensive when looking at it in the long run. It's only $10 a week, more or less. But $10 every week for about two years adds up. That's $520 a year. But you may not have to buy either weekly, maybe only monthly. And that's not a set price, just giving you a general idea. The lifespan of a hamster is about two years, but they can outlive that or not make it that long. It's hard to say exactly how long anything will live. Hope I could help!

Answer 6

dwarf hamster-$5

cage-$40

bedding-$50 (change its bedding every week)

toys-$15

food-$30

feeder and water bottle-$9

so i spent around $150 total, but you can spend more if you want to buy things that arent neccesary.

my hampster lived about 2 years.

hope i helped-Erin

Answer 7

I bought two dwarf hamsters and I spent over $100 that day. Overall, I would say that I spent about maybe $150-$175 dollars. The first dwarf hamster died about a year later and the second one almost lived to be two years old.

Answer 8

Hamster- $20-$30

Cage- $45-$60

Food/month- $15(includes treets)

New toys- $15-$30(about 3 toys)