Harry was now at his home.  The final place that he would spend the rest of his hamster days.  We didn't know what to do with him and the first few weeks were awkward and we kept Harry in his cage and had minimal contact.  But that didn't last long, as he was so cute and had quite the character that we got to know and love as time went on.

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 It was decided that Fluffy was going to have to go away for the summer holidays.  He certainly couldn't stay at the school.  All the lab animals had to 'find' a home during the summer and it was usually a teacher's home.  So I had to choose between Fluffy or the Corn Snake.  Guess who I chose?  It was then that I realized that Fluffy 'existed' and ( Read more... )

 He was a lonely hamster.  I really didn't notice him and in fact did not really want to even touch him.  He didn't have a real name.  I think the students called him, "Fluffy" but I was not interested in this small mouse-like creature and told the students to leave him alone.  My priority was teaching not small animals in the science lab.  But ( Read more... )