RIP Hamtaro (Long Live Hamtaro II )
Yesterday afternoon, after grocery store (see post re: ravioli) & picking up our frogs from my sister’s house, we went out to the pet store & got Shelby the Hermit Crab he’s been wanting to buy (he’s paying for the crab, I said I’d pay for the house, food, bowls, etc). We also got Annie her hamsters (she got one - ‘I’ got one to be it’s friend & for the whole family to enjoy). And, we priced turtles for Allison, did a little research, but we’ll have to put that purchase off for a little bit - $50 for turtle, $60 for aquarium - seemed a little too much at the time, anyway, but I’m sure we’ll get one eventually.
One of the hamsters was chewing his way out of his box before we even left the store. They taped that end of the box, but on the drive home, he started chewing his way out of the other. We put him (box, bag & all) into Shelby’s critter keeper (where his hermit crab was going to live) & finished the ride home. By the time we got home, Hamtaro was listless. He’d get bursts of energy when he was being held (and bolt out of the holder’s hands), but was mostly still. He didn’t eat anything, either. By bedtime, he had passed away.
The other hamster did fine - from boxing until now. He’s doing great.
So, today, Jim took the kids to the pet store to get a replacement hamster. He says that the replacement one is doing great (despite attempting to escape from his box on the ride home, too).
I just think that Hamtaro didn’t have what it took to handle the move from pet store to our home.
Poor guy 
