The best of friends.

Sleepy is not my first hamster.  In fact, I had 8 hamsters at on point.  Why you ask?  The story goes something like this...

When I decided to get some hamsters for pets, I got 4 of them at the pet store.  I figured the more the merrier, right?  I certainly didn't want just one hamster because it'll be lonely being all by itself in its cage.  (Erick thinks it's a good idea)

-One month later...

Erick: Hmm, why is this hamster so darn FAT?

-February 7, 1997...

Hamster cage: Squeak, squeak, squeak!!!

Erick: Huh?

(Erick looking into the hamster cage)

Erick: Oh, @$#&!!!

Erick: I guess I have 8 hamsters now!

My bright idea of keeping a few hamsters together wasn't such a bright idea after all.  Let's just say that the hamsters were quite friendly with each other!  And I wondered for a while why they were so loud at night!

Due to their short gestation period, it didn't take long before I found out the reason for the raucous from the cage in the middle of the night, every night.

After the babies had grown their own coat of fur and weaned from their mother, I kept just one of the li'l critters.  I returned the rest of 'em to the pet store, no refund of course...

It's been almost 2 years now, and Sleepy seems as content as ever - sleeping all day long, running on the wheel all night long.  What more could you ask for?

So my advice is if you want more than one hamster, be sure you know what you're getting... although it's next to impossible to tell the sex of a fuzzball... Sleepy is probably a female... but who knows for sure?