Tuesday, October 18, 2011

New addition to the family - Hamsters, July 2011

Just had to put a post about our happy hamsters. Our little kids wanted a pet so bad and we tried the dog thing a few years back that lasted a whole 5 days, so this this time we decided to try hamsters. We made a deal that if Tyler and Sydney both had straight A's at the end of the year that we would get them each a hamster. We should have known better. When they came home with their straight A's, I tried to just offer them the cash that I would have to spend on the hamsters. No luck. So below, you will see the VERY happy kids with their new pets. I have to say, I have grown to like the little rodents.
The happy girl holding her new little furball. She named her little critter Nutmeg.

She felt a little ripped off that she had to use her $2 garage sale cage that she had found and Tyler got the new cage. Hey, it works just great.

Tyler happy as pie with his newest friend Scrappy. If your parents are too cruel to buy you a dog, I guess a hamster will do.

Tyler got the new cage only because we had no luck finding a second used one. Rats.

Our little surprises. Yes, the pet store sold us a pregnant hamster which took us quite by surprise. Brian and I were at a play one night, when we got a text from Allyson telling us Sydney's hamster had 5 babies that looked like little aliens. I thought she was kidding until we got home and sure enough there were 3 little scary looking aliens in the cage. Yes, it was 3 now. They thought she started with 5, but she must have eaten a couple because of the commotion before we got to them. So, we got to keep them for 5 weeks before they were old enough to leave their mommy. We gave one to a neighbor and then promptly took the other two to the pet store and told them they were all theirs. Just a little added bonus to the experience. NOT!

1 comment:

  1. What a good mom you are to follow through on something you really don't want. Syd and Tyler sure look happy :). By the way you shouldn't post such nasty pictures on your blog, those babies are horrific....

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