Hamsters!

I finally decided to let the kids, er, I mean Maggie, get a pet so when Alex's friend's hamsters had babies, we adopted a couple. They were supposedly both females, but lo and behold, after not following my vet friend's advice of keeping them separated since they'll fight... They went and procreated! Seven babies - argh! We've consequently purchased another cage for the dad and when the mom weans the babies we should separate her from them. The timeline - Jan 20, adopt hamsters that are about 3 weeks old; Mar 4, babies, sheesh! We really need to separate them since it's so hard to tell the males from females, but hopefully we can find good homes for them so we don't have to buy more cages. Photos below: Mom and Dad nibbling carrots, newborns and 2 week old babies in the last photo.