New hamster Bella

Meet our new hamster Bella. (She helped choose her name by calming down once we voted on it.) Ring escaped from his cage the middle of February and we haven't found him alive or dead. . . No trace. No smell. We got Bella yesterday. She's skittish and jumps out of hands, but seems willing to adjust to her new home. :-)

I think the kids could't love her any more than they do. They're SO EXCITED to see her running on her wheel! :-) They take that as a sign of growing comfort. :-) Scott and Sara both cheered for her when she was running on her wheel. We all look forward to her being comfortable enough with her new surroundings to be held. . .The kids do NOT want to wait the obligatory 2-4 days (per hamster owner manual we picked up when we got Ring) for her to grow accustomed to the smells, sounds, and general surroundings.

Kyle speculated last night that if Ring's in the house and smells a female hamster, he might just make his appearance again. :-) If he does, we'll have some logistics figuring to do. We don't want baby hamsters.