Dora, the hamster

So we are looking after a friends little hamsters while she is on holiday in the US for the summer.

In under a week Sarah was able to say one on the hamsters name, Dora well Ora. Yet she isn't able to say Tom or Pickles or Onion (the later being the cats that have been in the house all the time she has been in the house!).

She is so in love with the hamster we have to go and see them all the time, (they live upstairs away from the cats..). She wants to see Ora Ora and points up the stairs . The other hamster, Peanut, also gets called Ora and she loves her just as much. She's learnt how to feed them and loves the way that they take the food so quickly and eat it...well they don't really eat it but she thinks they do. She makes little chewing noises mouth when she feeds them. it's very cute.

They are super tame, which is wonderful. i was a little worried that the wouldn't be, but they are and its perfect as they come to their "doors" when Sarah calls them or just taps the cage.

She's a little bit apprehensive about them crawling on her but she strokes them with one finger (very cute) and has tried to pick them up...with me there to make sure that the hamsters aren't squished! She's pretty gentile so i think they are fine. (They haven't squealed or bitten her so i guess she can't be annoying them that much.)

So i wanted to post some better photos but i can't seem to get very good shots of them...they move quickly and i hate holding the camera when a little person (Sarah) is playing with little animals (hamsters). i want my hands free to make sure nothing happens to the hamsters or to Sarah. so here are a couple of photo i will put more up soon, i will go in and take photos when Sarah's in bed i think at least i might get some better ones.

I have to say that Dora freaks me out a bit as every day as i think she's dead due to the fact that she sleeps like shes dead (see photo).

ps Sarah's never seen Dora the explorer..but maybe she'd love it just because she has the same name!