hamster tradition

A few months ago, we moved our hamsters upstairs to the kiddies' rooms. Since their move, Penny has had to rub a few of them each night before she goes to sleep. She will stand in her crib, grunt and point to the hamsters that are closest. She has begun to use more signing, to communicate, and her little hand is adorable rubbing her tummy, for the word please. The 3 girl hamsters are in the girls' room, while the 2 boy hamsters are in the boys' room.
Here Penny is holding Karate Kid. Yes, she is a girl. Josh named her and the name stuck. Erin calls her Angel. I like Karate Kid. Josh has always come up with interesting names for hamsters. My favorite was Saraka. Saraka was a brown hamster and was the sweetest! She unfortunately died in her sleep, causing much sorrow. Hence the new hamsters, Princess Leia and Hans Solo. And with those two new hamsters, we have had a total of 27 born to our household. Thankfully we have found loving homes for the hamsters that made it. The last litter was very dramatic. Mama Leia had something like 14 babies and only 7 of them made it. We still have one from that litter. His name is Spiderman. Jacob named him. Karate Kid is from the 1st litter, along with our other hamster, Skunk. She is black with a white stripe down her chin. Skunk is the sneaky one that got out and was AWOL for about a week. We caught her on the first day of school. She is a skunky hamster. We have tried to breed her twice actually, one for a school project and the other as a crazy family idea, and nothing. I believe that we have an infertile hamster on our hands. That's a good thing to me.

She is getting another squeeze and sniffs from Princes Leia. The hamsters are all very tame and haven't tried as much as a nibble on Penny. She in return is quite soft and loving. Ahh -hamsters. They are containable, for the most part, and don't require a huge hole to dig when they die.