A lady from my work gave a few dwarf hamsters and I decided to give them a try for micro-pinkies.
The baby kingsnakes loved the babies, but I hated every minute of the little things. They got a different behavior, like a colony where one or two of them were the 'protectors' and they would chase you down if there were any babies in the cage.
You fed them off, then others would take their place.
Compared to dwarf hamsters, white mice are a dream to work with, as the mice are more timid, and generally won't bite you.
The little dwarf hamsters will literally jump as high as they can to latch onto your fingers, and when they do, they won't let go. They don't just bite, they CHEW. They hurt 10x more than a adult kingsnake bite, but a little less than a rat bite.
But the rats (Even mean ones.) generally just give you a warning bite, just a quick hit and run type bite. Dwarf hamsters-not so much. They like to take their time chewing through your skin.
I wouldn't buy them from a pet store.
I would take them free as pets, even if the food and bedding was provided free.
I wouldn't take FREE FROZEN BABIES, as the snakes seemed to prefer them to mice, and I'd hate to have the snakes go off food, just because I got some free feeders. Not even if I got a 5 gallon pail of them free, already frozen, no work required. Just not worth it.
Remember, this is just one man's opinion, but I suspect you'll get more of the same.

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