But I know there’s going to come a time when we just don’t have the time to prepare hamster meals – it’ll be that One More Thing that drives me nuts! – so we’ll use the ready-made food as a backup. It’s kind of like when the guys were babies and I kept a stash of jarred food around for those mad sprints out the door.

Leslie, I was stunned that Big Guy picked up on the peanut. It was the tiniest bit of one, but he caught it. I am SO thrilled that he not only knows the words for what he has to avoid, but he’s clued in on the visual as well.

I just happened to look up hamsters on wiki earlier this week because I wanted to know their origins and how a rodent became a pet (daughter is really into the movie Bolt right now). Apparently in the wild they eat normal foods…look at wiki for more exact stuff. So if you wanted to fore go actually buying stuff, consider feeding it table food.

-Melissa
PS still love your blog.