After this whole rodent-catching and disposing situation, we were left with a fish tank, a mouse wheel, two food dishes, and a bunch of bedding and mouse food. I suppose it also left us with a rearranged pantry, a disinfected fireplace, and the idea of owning a pet. Finally we caved in and paid another visit to PetCo.
He’s a Siberian Dwarf Hamster. He’s white, has a small ear, red eyes, and a bunny-esque tail. We have yet to name him, but he’s a handful already. When the expert store manager, who claimed to be the proud owner of several hamster privately, made an attempt to extract the mouse from its cage, he leap out of his cage and dropped 5 feet onto the floor. Ouch! The word “exchange” crossed my mind, but somehow we’ve already made the connection with him in the long two minutes we spent with him. Thankfully there are no noticeable impairment from that fiasco, as he is gleefully racing in the mouse wheel next to me heading toward some imaginative destination.
Welcome the new member of the family. This time, I believe he is here to stay.
did you dump the old bedding and disinfect the fishtank? There is possibility of disease transfer from the deer mouse romping around/doing his business in there. Hopefully it was a healthy mouse anyhow.
Now we just need to quarantine you two for a couple weeks 😛
Yup, we dumped everything and disinfected the tank along with all its accessories. Also, the disease from the deer mouse would not be transferrable from human to human, so you need not worry. 🙂
hopefully those petco people were right in telling you its a male and not a pregnant female… lest you travel the wowwings path.
so cute! I wish we could give Hamster Lee some brown contact lenses though.
welcome to pet owner life :). it’s not bad…and ur’s is so small u prob won’t even notice a change. What are you going to call him? Jerry the 2nd? hehe. Well, hope all is going well with the new member of ur family 😉
Yikes, will have to think twice about going to your place next time 🙂