@Bradshaw Piggies thank you. I posted before asking about cost of piggies vs cost of 1 hamster... and the overwhelming consensus was that the main difference is in the vet bills. a lot of posters posted about their piggies' vet bills in the thousands... I am just interested in how common is it or are those isolated cases. I mean, on hamster forums, there were people talking about £1000 vet bill for their hamster too...
I was going to completely discount piggies as a possible future pet, but then i don't know whether I should make my decision on that basis. I mean, one should budget based on the average, not for the freak cases.. If I am very unlucky, its not like there are no other savings to draw upon and also there are the piggies' welfare to consider as well. But of course, if every piggy is practically guaranteed to get sick and get £1000 of medical bills each, then that is a different story.