Boohoohoo!

[Mike Haverty]

Can't have a guinea pig because I'm allergic.
I'm not allergic to hamsters tough.
Oh, well. Thanks for the link!

[Tiah]

Ferret? (IF you are able to spend LOTS of time with it.)

[HollandLoppy89]

How bout a bunny? But you have to keep your cat out of the way!!!!

[lute]

Originally posted by HollandLoppy89
How bout a bunny? But you have to keep your cat out of the way!!!!

bunnies are great! you should get a bunny!

[Aspen and Misty]

You should do research and learn more about the animals that are out there that you can get instead of asking us. You know better about what you want then we do. Do a search on www.yahoo.com or www.google.com and type in Small Pets and see what you come up with. That way you don't buy something you won't be happy with.


Good luck and let us know what you get!

Ashley

[Mike Haverty]

Sry, guys. You posted too late!
I got a hamster!!! It's name is Topaz (Topi for short). It's too young to tell if it's a boy or a girl. She's a nasty little thing, but I hope it wears off. My scanner doesn't work or I would have added a picture. They didn't tell me what type it is, but I know it's not a Syrian or Russian Cambell.
It's an orangey color with a cream stripe on it's back. In the middle of the stripe (right on it's back) is a cream diamond. I'm sooo happy.

[Mike Haverty]

It's soooo cute! It snorts and squeals like a pig. I don't think it likes me right now; it is hissing at me!
Will it get used to me and let me hold it?

[lute]

congrats on the new addition! i dunno about him being nice to you, i'm not really a hamster person. i use to be till i started my job at the petstore. we always have atleast 100 hamsters and i have to clean their cage everyday. those things are nasty little canibles! i've had many a holes in my fingers cause of those creatures.

anyways, good luck.

[Tiah]

Leave him be for a few days. You don't want him to get wet tail.

[Mike Haverty]

Thanks! Topi is letting me pet it now. I think it was making sounds because it was in a cage with two baby long haired. I love it soooo much! We have a critter trail cage (or something like that) with a closed in wheel; well because I have a running ball, too, it made the wheel a nest. It's not a Syrian hamster, so it can't get wet tail, right?

[DejaVu]

It sounds like an argente coloured campbells russian dwarf hamster, as they have stripes and come in the colour you described. The are social and do best living with other hamsters of their species. Also, they can be prone to diabetes.