Goodbye Hammy Hamster

Hammy Hamster! Isn't he cute!? He loved carrots!

Drew's hamster "Hammy" died yesterday. The worst part of that is Drew was the one to discover him. Drew and Daddy had gone into Drew's room to get Hammy out of his cage to clean it. When they reached in to get Hammy, he didn't move. I was in the living room playing with Dylan and heard Drew start to scream and then he ran into the living room. He ran straight to my arms and couldn't speak. My heart sank and I just knew what had happened. I kept asking Drew what was wrong, hoping that maybe Hammy bit Daddy or something. Afterall, that would be better than death, right!? Before Drew could settle down enough to tell me, Craig walked out with the little lifeless hamster in his hand and he was just shaking his head and looking down. So that confirmed it for me....Hammy had died.

Oh my gosh, it was so sad. Drew cried for about 10 more minutes and kept asking why Hammy had died. We have had pets die before, but for some reason, this one hit him hard. He immediately wanted to bury Hammy and asked Craig if we could do that. Of course we did. We buried him in the front flower bed and I painted an "H" on a rock and Drew placed that rock right on top of where Hammy now lies. So sad, the thought crossed my mind about when our dogs die, how will we handle that if this hamster was so traumatic?

So, now we have no hamster and this great cage. So Drew decided last night that he needed another little pet, possibly a hamster, to go in this great cage!!!! Ah, to be (almost) 4 again!!! Guess we are OK now!

Drew and Hammy....in the beginning!