Harley Humphries II

Okay--so apparently all one must due to find a lost hamster is start a blog!! Then POOF! The missing rat shows up in the kids bathroom!

I promised Heston that I would tell EVERYONE that HE found the hamster in the bathroom. So there...Heston found it this morning when he woke up. However, the "original" Harley needs a little bit (okay, a LOT) of calming medication---and quite honestly, I'm not willing to share mine!!

Harley (I) was PSYCHO when we found it---when we put it back in it's cage, it began leaping--and I'm not kidding here---leaping from side to side---like it was in a padded cell. (perhaps it needed to be). So we loaded Harley I into the car with the cage (of which she's escaped from TWICE) and headed back to PETCO. I explained to the manager about our hamster with "issues" and we were allowed to exchange Harley and the great escape cage for others. SO, now we have Harley Humphries the Hamster II---who is ACTUALLY a girl--which McKenna is SURE will make her much nicer. She's adorable--and has only bitten one person--Me. How sweet.

So here's the new addition---Harley II---as Heston holds her. McKenna's not too sure about her just yet....but she's warming to her.

Here goes nothing

Well, it's almost 6am and I've been up for at least 3 hours--after going to bed after midnight. Man, am I going to be a hurting pup tomorrow. Why, you ask, can't I sleep? I'm so glad you asked--thank you! Here's the story:
My daughter, McKenna (age 4 1/2 ) got a hamster a few weeks ago. I had a weak moment--after just getting out of the hospital and took her to the pet store for a hermit crab. She picked out the one she wanted--a big honking thing--and she coddled it in her sweet little hand, it bit the crap out of her. So, like any good mother would do, I bribed her to stop squealing by offering to buy her another pet--a hamster. She was thrilled! Her dad--my husband--loving man that he is--not so much.
Anyway, Harley Humphries the Hamster has been living a pretty good life until yesterday--when Harley turned into Houdini....yes, my friends, the rat has left the cage! Somehow the thing got out and is hiding out somewhere. I can't tell you how MUCH that creeps me out--on SO many levels. McKenna wouldn't even sleep in her bed last night because she said, "Harley never really liked me much anyway--I know she's going to climb up on my bed and BITE me!!!" Which is of course, sounds completely rational to me....
So, I googled "how to find a lost hamster" (being the resourceful mom that I am) and have planted a trail of sunflower seeds leading back to Harley's cage. Oh, and by the way, Harley's really a boy--but McKenna wanted a girl--so she "switched it". Just FYI...

Because little Hellcat the Hamster is nocturnal---I've been getting up every few hours with a flashlight, walking down the hall and counting sunflower seeds---in hopes that Harley returns to her plush estate. Where may you ask, is my darling husband?? He's out of town with work, of course. I'm really hoping that this thing turns up--ALIVE---'cause I just can't even imagine otherwise...

So, that's the story....at least for today.

Pray for search and rescue mission of one Harley Humphries the Hamster.