Welcome to the Family!

We finally adopted two hamsters yesterday! Son No 2 named them Blackie and Brownie, no prize for guessing why.

Brownie was quick to adapt to its new surroundings (seen here on the right) unlike Blackie who was hiding inside its house.

The hamsters are dwarf hamsters, measuring 3-4 cm each, and come from China/Mongolia. The salesperson describe them as aggressive. And indeed they are, compared to the Syrian hamsters from Netherlands which are generally more passive and sluggish. I told hubby, what do you expect - they have the Mainland Chinese genes :)

We all underwent an education on what it takes to keep a pet.

It is not just a matter of getting the animals, their food and their home (left). It also involves getting them vitamins(!), comfortable bedding and a dry shower spray, as they do not like to be bathe in water. In the end, the cost of the animals (buy one, free one) is about 10% of the total cost for everything.

We can expect loads of offspring from these two (one male and one female) as we are told hamsters breed like mice (they are mice ie rodent family). That should be exciting... I hope. May even end up a profitable enterprise!