In honor of Valentine's Day I am sharing the new love of our household. Her name is Roo. She is a Russian Dwarf and about 3 months old now. I did not mean to get a hamster but made the mistake of looking at them at the pet store Christmas Eve and really liked her. Two weeks later she was still there and well....I just couldn't take it as she was very, very sweet and had a great temperament. So here she is. I have made her a large hutch as you can estimate from the cat laying next to it. It's about 5 times the size of commerically made hutches for dwarf hamsters but everyone at our house is spoiled, no matter how small. I have a lot of enrichment in there and the result is we have a very calm, curious and friendly little critter who comes right out to visit. I get her out for a good period twice a day to explore on the couch and forage for seed and veggie bits. Told ya she was spoiled....

You can see that my darling cat is love with her as well. There she is in the second photo with the hutch in the upper corner, passed out with happiness. When our first hamster died a few years ago she really grieved and would sit in the place the hutch had been and cry for weeks afterwards. Our second hamster she didn't attach to the same way. Too soon for her loyal heart perhaps? Now she is ready and I often find her sleeping by the new hutch or just sitting next to it awake and purring.

Happy Valentine's everyone,
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