Totally! If you have one spider, it's basically the same effort to care for like 5+ more, and even more than that isn't much additional effort just becomes space.

Even feeding them is like $3/mo and that's with buying feeders at big box store.

And the absolute best part about spider? Zero chance of dumping tens of gallons of water on the floor, or chewing up something valuable, or peeing on a pile of laundry. I guess you could get bitten but for the vast majority of tarantulas your have to stick your hand in front of their face and wiggle your fingers, and even then the majority would freak the fuck out and bolt for their safe place.

Spiders are really the best low/no effort pet.

My mom, an arachnophobe, had a pet jumping spider who lived on her desk at work.

I have had a couple of these. They only live 1-2 years but they are like tiny dogs!

We've got two guinea pigs, and in my opinion, they aren't that hard to keep alive.

My daughter's guinea pig just died, but he was an older fellow. He went with her to college and got her all the way through to a few months past graduation.

As George Carlin said, "You're supposed to know it in the pet shop. It's going to end badly. You're purchasing a small tragedy."

https://youtu.be/ktp-Zsm25dU?t=140s

First rule of rodent fight club is you don't talk about rodent fight club.

Insects are good, for example something like dried mealworms is an easy way to add protein that's pretty natural to them. These days good quality hamsterfoods usually have enough protein already, but you should always check the protein, fiber and fat percentages just to be sure (and the ingredients as well, the foods shouldn't have colorants at least). The good numbers are around 20% protein and 10% fiber, in fat there's bigger variance depending on the age and weight etc. but it shouldn't be over 15%. I haven't checked what the latest research says though, these numbers and recommendations for diets can change over time

baby mice

Hard to say exactly but it causes dementia and increased aggression in humans as well, it's simply necessary for proper brain function. Brains need glucose to function and B3 is used in several vital functions related to both energy production and neural health.

It could also just be an instinctual trigger in hamsters that makes them think they're starving and tbf they kind of are.

What we can say is fixing the deficiencies almost entirely eliminated the cannibalism.

Who would you rather fight: one mumma sized hamster or 5 baby sized hamsters?

Tarrare, is that you?

—Saturn

Absolutely not honestly he might be thinking the same about you. Strike before struck upon

It’s funny how The Art of War is just a senior NCO (Sun Tzu) telling a bunch of idiot hereditary officers how to not lose wars with extremely basic advice because he’d seen what had happened if they didn’t have that