How do I convince my Parents to let me get a hamster?

Question

All my friends have animal and i have a fish!!i want a hamster!!!Who do i convence my parents to let my have one?!?!

Answer 1

Woah! i was asking myself the same question a couple of weeks ago. (i also wanted a hamster)

Okay this is what i did:

I got a rock from outside colored it and made it have eyes and whiskers i got a shoe box and made it a little home with cut up toliet paper and made it a food dish and water dish and i fed it everyday with string, gave it fresh water and all this other stuff. I played with it cleaned its "cage" named it and everything. I did this for about 2 weeks.

After i was done with that i made a powerpoint (or you can make a report) About all the things about the type of hamster i wanted (I wanted a "robo" dwarf) such as behavior, types of hamsters, what they eat, price list and everything. At the end of my powerpint i told them what i did to make my rock pet feel at home. And why i was responsible enough.

Now my parents told me i had to keep up my good grades and i had to pay for everything i needed. (which acually isnt that much. around $60 for everything).

Before i did this begged for like 3 days and my parents werent going to let me get one because i owed them $90 in texting...but hey this totally got them!!! =] now im not saying ur parents are like mine but this will at leat get their attention.

Also i dont know if ur religious or not but i prayed for like 3 days that my new hamster would be happy and healthy and he is!!


I also kept my rock pet named: Kassidy. Lol.



-Also since your asking ur parents and such i would assume u are a beginner in hamster owning? yes?

if so, please feel free to email me and i will gladly fill u in on all the need-to-knows of hamsters (for ur powerpoint of course!!!)

And also if you want to know what kind of hammie you should get email me.

Hope i helped!!!

Kay. and Twinkie (my new hammie)

Answer 2

First off are you responsible with the fish? Do you clean its tank weekly? Do you feed it daily? If you do it should be pretty easy to wear them down. Point out to them that you take really good care of your fish and its still alive, but you feel that you are ready for some more responsibility.
Then have them go to a pet store with you to look at them, letting them see how cute they are. Make sure that you convince them that you are willing to clean the cage at least 2 times a week so they wont smell anything and you will feed it daily and make sure that it gets played with. Also it would probably be a good idea to offer to foot some of the start up fee. Good hamster cages aren't cheap. You want a cage that will be big enough for it to run around and have a few toys in it to keep it busy. You will also need a water bottle and a food dish as well as bedding. The best thing to use is wood chips they soak up alot of the smell from the urine.
I hope that this helps you, remember make them see how responsible you are :)

Answer 3

I guess that would depend on the reason your parents don't want you to have one. Show as much responsibility as possible with what you have. (clean the fish tank and feed properly) also, make sure to keep your things in order. Then, have a talk with your parents and let them know that you are willing to take full responsibility of the hamster. They will not think you are ready unless you have shown them first that you can do this.

Good Luck

Answer 4

I am trying to get my parents to let me have a hamster too
I started off by going to the pet store with me dad
i asked him a showed him them
i asked him to call me mom because he was going to let me have one but she wasn't home. We left and then my dad brought me back in a different way (no idea why he went back) we looked for everything we would need for the hamster and counted up the price. I couldn't get 1 because my mom wasn't home but when she got home i told her about it and the price and how to take care of it and then researched them more. Tell your parents all the information you learn about them it will let your parents know that you are serious it might also help if you can pay for everything it will need such as a cage,food,water bottle,food dish, toys and of course the hamster itself. That is what i would do. Ask your parents to think about it for a couple days and then keep doing more research.

Good Luck

Answer 5

10 steps to follow:


1. try writing them a letter, explain everything. why you want one, what type, where you plan on purchasing it...

2. do all the research about them including allergies to hamsters and poisons to them. clear a space where you want to keep it.

3. save all you can!

4. make sure your parents know that it wont just sit in the cage and that you'll get it out and play with it

5. i would suggest telling them you would tell them that you want to rescue a homeless hamster http://search.petfinder.com

6. map out a schedule of cleaning times and feeding times

7. let them know that when you go out of town you will hire (or ask a friend) to watch your hamster while your gone

8. find a good website and price all supplies for a hamster

9. be very responsible and make sure you follow all your parents rules in the mean time

10. pick the perfect time to ask, i would do it all through paper work and leave it out for them to find, avoiding difficult conversation

good luck!

Answer 6

Well, if you have had good experience with animals, it will be easy. So, you need to drop that topic, and then, do great, help out around the house, and just do responsible stuff, then, two weeks of doing that, take your parents aside, and very professionally, tell them that you are old enough, and that you are very responsible. It worked for me! I got a guinea pig after doing that!

Answer 7

Tell them you was going to get a 12 foot Burmese Python Constrictor but out of consideration of their feelings you have decided on a Hamster instead.

Answer 8

Two years ago I had the same problem, but my friends gave me a hamster in front of the entire school for my birthday, so I got to keep it.

Answer 9

0MG ! me t00! my friends a11 have a d0g bird hundreds fish and stuff! A11 0f them! and i 0n1y have a cute fish wh0 i take g00d care 0f
and im thinking 0f getting a hamster t00!!
this is what i`m d0ing, i`m g0ing t0 research everything a11 abut them, then te11 them h0w respnsibe i am [with the fishy], then i`m g0ing t0 te11 them the excat c0st and everything [frm the petsmart website], then i h0pe they' say yes!!!

Answer 10

well tell them all the pros
b4 i got one my parents didnt want one cause they hated rodents, now they absolutely LOVE them lol
Pros:
small and clean
dont smell (if properly taken care of)
u can keep it in ur room so they dnt see it
itll teach u responsibility
(do research on them to show them u are serious)
easy to take care of
and they are pretty cheap once you have the supplies