so i thought about getting my girlfreind a hampster,they seem active and cute,is it true they only live 2 to 3 years?I just dont know how i would feel getting her a rat or mouse since they are more food to my pets and it makes me feel bad enough but i like how the hampsters look and act.Chinchilas are bigger money and i dont know crap about G pigs.So hampsters just croak around 3 years old or what?