Shadow & Sparkle

for those of you who don't know, we got rid of our cats and let the kids get some hamsters. Ember had a run of bad luck with her hamsters. the first one she got was really mean, so we took it back and got a different one. The second hamster had a accident when one of Ember's friends were over here playing and he did not survive. we got her a third hamster which ended up dying too. She then decided she didn't want to have another hamster so she got a little mouse, it ended up dying as well. Zander got a hamster at the same time Ember got her's and it lived until about the time Ember's mouse died.

The kids thought instead of getting another hamster or mouse that they wanted to get pet rats. I did some research and found out they are alot better pet for kids then hamsters or mice. They don't bite, they are social animals so they want to be around people, they get attached to people. They are also very smart so you can teach them to come when you call them as well as other tricks.

We went into town yesterday and picked up two female rats. They are just babies, and they were still with thier mom when we picked them out. They kids really like them. The rats are still a little scared about the new surroundings but hopefully in a few days they will start to relax a bit. the kids are really excited about teaching them tricks once they get use their new home.

this one is sparkle Ember's rat

Zane likes the rats but he needs to learn to settle down a bit, the rats get scared because he bounces around alot and is very loud.

This one is Shadow Zander's rat. Zander does really well with Shadow, and wants to hold him alot. Zander was scared to pick up his hamster and didn't want much to do with it, he thinks the rat is alot cooler then the hamster.