Comments on: Raise Hamsters for Profit (Sep, 1950) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Clarice http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1079817 Clarice Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:32:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-1079817 Anyone have any free hamsters? I need to feed my red tail boa... Anyone have any free hamsters? I need to feed my red tail boa…

]]> By: Nancy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1070497 Nancy Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:46:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-1070497 Firebrand It is a residential area as far as i know. wonder if the people living there know they live at what used to be a Hamstery? I haven't been in that part of town in a while. I don't care much for hamsters but I do like Rabbits. Always collected figurines and such. People give them to me for EVERY occasion. I actually did the "Raise Rabbits for Money" thing when I was a teenager. Oh Lordy! what a nightmare. I think my Dad ate one. Firebrand It is a residential area as far as i know. wonder if the people living there know they live at what used to be a Hamstery? I haven’t been in that part of town in a while. I don’t care much for hamsters but I do like Rabbits. Always collected figurines and such. People give them to me for EVERY occasion. I actually did the “Raise Rabbits for Money” thing when I was a teenager. Oh Lordy! what a nightmare. I think my Dad ate one.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1070485 Firebrand38 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:01:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-1070485 -DOUG-:This is how urban legends start. The inspiration was NOT hampsters but rabbits according to the creator of Tribbles, David Gerrold: "When rabbits were first introduced to Australia, they multiplied at an incredible rate because there were no predators or natural enemies to keep them in control. It was an ecology story—and a spaceship is the perfect setting for it because a spaceship must be a balanced ecology." http://web.archive.org/web/20061206192205/http://www.benbellabooks.com/gerrold/Tribbles.pdf -DOUG-:This is how urban legends start. The inspiration was NOT hampsters but rabbits according to the creator of Tribbles, David Gerrold:

“When rabbits were first introduced to Australia, they multiplied at an incredible rate because there were no predators or natural enemies to keep them in control. It was an ecology story—and a spaceship is the perfect setting for it because a spaceship must be a balanced ecology.”

http://web.archive.org/web/200.....ibbles.pdf

]]> By: -DOUG- http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1070481 -DOUG- Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:56:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-1070481 Basically the Gulf Hampstery served as the inspiration for an episode of 'Star Trek.' Perhaps you've seen 'The Trouble with Tribbles.' ALBERT MARSH and the PET MARKET . . . .Enter Albert Marsh of Mobile, Alabama. Marsh was a highway engineer, a bit of a visionary, and a bit of acarny. He wona Syrian hampster in a bet. Intrigued with the little animal, he acquired more and set up his own colony. He named his business the Gulf Hampstery and Marsh Enterprises and went to work promotoing hampsters as pets. . . . . . .He sold hampsters to individuals. He sold to laboratories. He took out ads in farming journals and promised to buy every hampster the reader could produce. "$1 for females and .75 cents for mailes at weaning age," which was a real money in 1948. He served as an intermediary, buying hampsters, buying from other breeders and having them drop shipped directly to other customers. . . . . . .In 1948 hampsters could not be brought into California, because they were considered "Wild animals." Marsh, with the help of the Governor of Alabama, got California to recognize hampsters at domestic animals. . . . . . .But as with any new product, the laws of supply and demand caught up with Marsh. Pet stores began to buy their hampsters from inexpensive local backyard breeders. Infectious back enteritis--called "Wet tail" because of the unending diarrhea--wiped out a lot of colonies, discouraging hampster use. Marsh's markets dried up and so did the hampstery. . . . From 'The Hampster book' -Patricia Pope Bartlett, Michele Earle-Bridges And who can forget those 7 days in May, when the hampsters rose up, threw off their chains, and. . . ? Basically the Gulf Hampstery served as the inspiration for an episode of ‘Star Trek.’ Perhaps you’ve seen ‘The Trouble with Tribbles.’

ALBERT MARSH and the PET MARKET

. . . .Enter Albert Marsh of Mobile, Alabama. Marsh was a highway engineer, a bit of a visionary, and a bit of acarny. He wona Syrian hampster in a bet. Intrigued with the little animal, he acquired more and set up his own colony. He named his business the Gulf Hampstery and Marsh Enterprises and went to work promotoing hampsters as pets. . .

. . . .He sold hampsters to individuals. He sold to laboratories. He took out ads in farming journals and promised to buy every hampster the reader could produce. “$1 for females and .75 cents for mailes at weaning age,” which was a real money in 1948. He served as an intermediary, buying hampsters, buying from other breeders and having them drop shipped directly to other customers. . .

. . . .In 1948 hampsters could not be brought into California, because they were considered “Wild animals.” Marsh, with the help of the Governor of Alabama, got California to recognize hampsters at domestic animals. . .

. . . .But as with any new product, the laws of supply and demand caught up with Marsh. Pet stores began to buy their hampsters from inexpensive local backyard breeders. Infectious back enteritis–called “Wet tail” because of the unending diarrhea–wiped out a lot of colonies, discouraging hampster use. Marsh’s markets dried up and so did the hampstery. . . .

From ‘The Hampster book’
-Patricia Pope Bartlett, Michele Earle-Bridges

And who can forget those 7 days in May, when the hampsters rose up, threw off their chains, and. . . ?

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1070480 Firebrand38 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:47:48 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-1070480 -DOUG-: Or get them wet. -DOUG-: Or get them wet.

]]> By: -DOUG- http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1070479 -DOUG- Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:37:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-1070479 Yeah, I heard. Wasn't there a movie about it? Seems it's not a good idea to feed Syrian hampsters after midnight. Yeah, I heard. Wasn’t there a movie about it?

Seems it’s not a good idea to feed Syrian hampsters after midnight.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1070476 Firebrand38 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:26:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-1070476 So what's the story? I looked the address up on Google Maps and it looks like a residential neighborhood. So what’s the story? I looked the address up on Google Maps and it looks like a residential neighborhood.

]]> By: Nancy http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-1070458 Nancy Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:38:01 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-1070458 I live in Mobile aL Story is... this got OUT of Hand! I live in Mobile aL Story is… this got OUT of Hand!

]]> By: Administrator http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Administrator Sat, 03 Dec 2005 17:25:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-9 Thanks! I've updated the post to talk about the Syrianness of hamsters. Thanks!

I’ve updated the post to talk about the Syrianness of hamsters.

]]> By: Tim http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Tim Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:53:51 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-8 WHat a lovely blog this is! I just found it through boingboing and i've put it to the top of nice lists! WHat a lovely blog this is! I just found it through boingboing and i’ve put it to the top of nice lists!

]]> By: meghan http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/comment-page-1/#comment-7 meghan Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:51:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2005/12/02/raise-hamsters-for-profit/#comment-7 what? hamsters are syrian? that's AWESOME! i love this blog! what? hamsters are syrian?

that’s AWESOME!

i love this blog!

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