The Tale of the Hamster...

So, we brought Gut home on a Saturday and he seemed fine and dandy. He was a calm and sweet hamster but the following weekend it was VERY apparent that he was super sick. I took him to the pet store where we got him and they said he had "wet tail". This is basically diahrrea for hamsters but because they are so little it is almost always fatal. If I had caught it earlier we may have been able to make him better but he was really bad. I felt terrible for the little guy!

So, in a panic I picked out the other black hamster they had there. I brought him home and all Devon said was "Gut got bigger". We went with it. Well that night I barely slept at all because I kept having nightmares that the new Gut was escaping. He just looked TOO much like a rat and I couldn't handle it.

On our way home from the gym the next night I stopped at another pet store and alas they had a Teddy Bear Hamster. This was what I originally had in mind because they are fluffy and don't look so much like mice. The people at the other pet store said they were basically impossible to find so I didn't even try. Turns out their rival pet store had them all along. I bought the little brown hamster and convinced Devon that the other Gut missed his friends and wanted to go back to the pet store...I know, I'm horrible.

Anyways, now we have Patrick and I love the little dude. He is soft and fluffy (although it's hard to tell in the picture). He is healthy and sweet and will sit and let us hold him. He's a good addition!