Hammies Roll with PETCO's Hamster Ball Derby

More than 12,000 tiny competitors rolled down critter-size tracks at PETCOs National Hamster Ball Derby, held in more than 900 PETCO stores on Saturday, Oct. 4.

Using hamster balls as their racing vehicles, the furry racers competed for the title of their communitys fastest. Nearly 34,000 family members and hamster fans joined in and cheered on their favorite competitors.

PETCO holds the annual event to celebrate the human-animal bond and to create an opportunity for hamster-loving families to come together for an afternoon of fun and light exercise.

See you all next year!

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Pets & Animals

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• hamster
• petco
• derby
• hamsterballderby

[bamster987]

I did that its fun

[Webkinzlover249]

All the kids in this video are lucky to have a cute little hamster good video

[ayeshedanza888]

my hammie and i train each day for our race not in pet co though

[Lazyeyeartist]

I'd feel a bit wierd about enetering since I'm 22 and a lot of the people are enter are kids...

[rihanna1fannie]

my hamster ribbon just won first place yesterday

[theblonderone]

My daughter and I just did our first hamster ball derby yesterday. It was tons of fun and Chip Chip came in 2nd. place!!!

[erietigers91]

@Mingsoon100 it is recommended for at the most 15 minutes.

[Mingsoon100]

How long can you put the hamster in the ball?

[leinadjeel]

I just got my hammie and he LOVES his ball. We set up long tracks for him and he dosent stop running. When we put him back in his cage, he will run for about 2 hours straight on average!!! I think i will enter him in the 2011 derby!

[xxMinikitty98xx]

My friend entered this and got first...she entered it again the year after with the same hamster and right when they started the race her hamster died :[ They don't know why but they gave her a 5$ discount to get another one O_O