Life (and death) lessons

The new hamster we brought home died through the night last week. Apparently a victim of "Wet Tail". Many tears were shed by my daughter and it is very hard to explain that even though it was her hamster and she was caring for it, she didn't have anything to do with it's death.

So we have a new hamster. A dwarf hamster she has named "Mucky Snowball" or just plain "Mucky". This thing is a little dynamo. It is super active and very entertaining. They are fascinating little creatures even if they are rodents.