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I have pets!

Yesterday Siobhan thought it would be a good idea to drive to Pets at Home and buy me a small animal. I remembered having a Rabbit a few years ago and it being a great companion so we jumped in the car and headed off to the shop . We went in and had a quick browse about.

I got inside and straight in front of us was the Rabbit pen. "Rabbit" I screamed as I remembered all of the fun times me and Bugsy (My previous rabbit) had shared.. I was quietly told that a rabbit wasn't an option as it was too expensive and too much work. I agreed, and we browsed some more. There were [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hamster]syrian hamsters[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_hamster]chinese dwarf hamsters[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phodopus_campbelli]campbells dwarf hamsters[/url], rats, mice, chinchillas, gerbils and guinea pigs 'aplenty but I was strictly told "No Tails" so that ruled out most things besides Hamsters and Guinea Pigs.

On browsing again I came a cross one of these:
[img]http://www.british-giantrabbits.co.uk/opal1.jpg[/img]

Again I was told "NO RABBITS", especially since the "Giant Houserabbit" could grow to 4 feet long or something crazy. This, however, is an idea for the future!

Next came the Guinea pigs.. I saw two to be housed together and fell for them immediately. To cut a long story short, I wasn't allowed these either and I'm not sure why . I think it's mostly because the cage required to keep them in would have been A: the size of my room; and B: too small anyways.

After much deliberation we brought these little guys home:
[img]http://www.groomi.net/files/hamsters.jpg[/img]

They're Campbells Dwarf Hamsters and one if them is an Albino . Siobhan chose that one and I got a darker coloured one :thumbs:. We haven't yet chose names so comments will be nice \/ \/ \/. I need to chose a black name for mine so god knows what I'll end up choosing.

For anyone wanting to buy a hamster for kid's first pet, don't buy these!!! I've had mine out to play today and the first thing they both did was bite me on the end of the finger (twice, same finger, EXACT same spot :@). Apparently they can become friendly if you handle them alot though so I intend on petting them for an hour or two each day till they stop trying to eat me . Today's achievement was to get them both climbing up my arms but I had to put a stop to that as I bet they're hard to catch when they jump off .

Anyway yeah, summary: I bought two hamsters, and they bite!!

I promise the next blog will be alot less feminine / gay but I had to think of something to post about as you guys will stop checking for updates if there aren't any. Plus, since when did a random post ever go unread

I'm off to get bit some more!

Love
Stephen