oops...we lost another one.

Yup. Teddy Bear is now dead. That was quick you might say, and you're right, but we're pretty relieved. He was too fiesty to hold and play with, which is the main reason we got a hamster over a fish. I have no idea what happened. I put him in his ball last night to run around and when I came upstairs an hour later (okay, maybe that was too long, but we did it with Santa Claus and he was fine!) and he was barely moving. This is gross, so skip to the next sentence if you have issues with BM's. There was poop smeared all around the ball! It was soo gross and stank like crazy! I should have checked on him earlier, but I was hooked with Prison break.

Anyway, we already have a new one. His name is Carla. :) I told Chelsea that we couldn't name a boy Carla, and she got upset and wanted HIM to be a GIRL. So I figured, what the heck. It's a hamster. Only a vet can probably tell the sex as I don't even have a clue, nor desire, of where to look for the defining parts. So, Chelsea has a girl hamster named Carla. She's already been able to play with him, so as mean as it sounds, I'm glad we had the opportunity to get a new one without having to do anything drastic to the other hamster, God bless his soul.....

(For the record, Chelsea thinks we exchanged Teddy Bear for a "nicer" hamster, so please don't make a comment about his "death")