When my daughters were children we had many hamsters. We purchased them from pet stores because we did not know any better. All of our hammies were long lived and healthy. Almost all of them lived to 2.5 years or so. Fast forward many years and I am now 62. One of my daughters and I just got another hamster, a beautiful black and white little girl named Harley. We bought a vista cage for her to give her lots of room. We’re very excited to be starting our hamster journey again.