Hamsterville

                                   Daisy our new hamster
                                   Very determined six year old who wouldn't give up!

I would like to know if I am the only parent who has ever given in to a six year olds constant, never-ending, begging and pleading for a hamster?  Please, someone tell me I am not the only one!  Daisy is a teddy bear hamster and only bites occasionally.  (she hasn't drawn blood yet...)  She really is soft and cute until you pick her up and check out her long rat-like rodent teeth.  Not so cute then.  She loves sun flower seeds and will pick them up with her cute little paws and stuff her cheeks as full as she can get them.  I asked the pet store lady,  "Will she REALLY run on the little wheel?"  "OH you bet she will!" she replied.  I thought "Right, she probably won't even touch it..."  Daisy is like Forrest Gump, she runs and runs and runs and runs!  And while she runs her wheel makes a little clicking noise,  click,click,click,click... and she does this ALL NIGHT LONG!  So Daisy gets locked in the storage room at night.  She is of course and angel all day long curled up in a little sleeping fur ball.  Oh well!  All I can say is that the six year old better remember that his mother got him a hamster when he's grown up.  And to his credit he does keep her little home clean and feeds her when reminded!