RIP Flynn the Hamster

A week ago today the girls were feeding the pets when they discovered Flynn was dead.

He was the escape artist and never seemed to recover fully from his last adventure of four days with no food or water.

It was a surprisingly difficult thing for the girls to deal with. Shira was sobbing off and on all day. Her sisters, while not crying, would tell me at times that they missed him or were sad.

The most difficult part for them was cleaning out his cage. The idea that he wouldn't be going back in after we were done was hard for them to accept. We waited a couple of days and they were soon happy with the idea of creating a "mansion" for Rapunzel.

We've had talks about whether we should be getting another hamster. At first Aba was adamant that we would get one the following Sunday. The girls and I have talked, though, and we've decided to research bunnies, guinea pigs and chinchillas before we choose.

In this past week there have been random mentions of Flynn and how Rapunzel gets two pieces of pancake because she's the only hamster or a mention of him in the run down of who needs to be fed. There is still sadness, but the sobbing tears have passed.

Welcome ICLWers and hammies!

(My last post today, I promise! (I have other stuff to do! LOL) 

I just wanted to welcome the ICLWers who stop by. You can read about ICLW here and join next month. Its fun and enlightening. 

Here is my generic ICLW intro. I need to do another DITLO, though. That one is old. LOL

I also want to welcome the hammies to our house.

We went to buy fish and fish food yeasterday and came home with two hamsters that were up for adoption. (Someone dropped off a pregnant girl around Christmas so we took two of her pups.) The girls have named them Rapunzel and Flynn though they are both boys.

Right now they are rolling around the house in their balls and they live in our previously empty 10 gallon aquarium until I figure out what type they are and how big they will get. I'm hoping to move them to Zeus' travelling cage at some point.

They are now asking for a chinchilla, a cat, a gecko, a turtle and more fish. Aba isn't tooo happy about this turn of events, though. He's worried the house is going to smell like a zoo soon.