Hamster Time!!

As if we didn't have enough going on with 2 cats and a dog, we have added a hamster. Now for those that know me, you know that we are FAR from the perfect pet owners. But.....this is more of a therapeutic tactic. Our dog is a "family" dog, the cats are really Banana's thing. This new pet is just for Boo. As a matter of fact, he is responsible for his hamster. We had several long discussions prior to going to the pet store. Actually in FASD world, even though I was telling Boo that the hamster would need daily interaction, fresh food, water and a clean cage, he heard "blah blah blah blah blah blah....blah!"
We started the day by looking up "hamster care" on the internet. Then we called around to price set ups. Then we went down to Petsmart to "audition" the hamsters. We decided to NOT get a hamster from Petsmart because they were not friendly. (the hamsters, not the employees..lol). We did buy the set up from there because it was considerably cheaper than at Petco. We then went to Petco and held every. single. hamster. they. had. Boo had to find one that A. he liked and B. was ok with being handled.
We settled on a little gray short haired girl. She's very sweet and has been ok with being handled. We did take the employees suggestion and didn't take her out of her cage for 24 hours. (Apparently if you take them out in the first day, they become escape artists).
We are 36 hours into our hamster ownership and Boo is being very attentive. The goal is to teach him responsibility, empathy, and kindness. He has already told me he wanted to send her back to the pet store because he's afraid he won't be able to do everything. I reassured him that I will help him (the plan is that I will supervise all of the interaction/cleaning/feeding.) He is also aware that if he starts raging, hamster cannot be near him. This will hopefully also show him that his rages affect EVERYONE.
So that's all for now. Until next time.....