We're slowly being over run by hamsters. Which then begs the question why did I BUY a new one last night?! Well the answer is simple. She's BEAUTIFUL!

Meet Snow White...



She's an Albino dwarf hamster. She's adorable and sweet and I HAD to buy her. She will be Cinderella's new mate since Belle passed away.

Here's the new couple enjoying getting to know one another...



But Snow White is not the only new addition in our hamster world.

Before Belle left us she blessed us with three litters of pups. From the second litter we ended up with two who mated. Their first litter produced 5 babies. Two who were not developing properly (probably because of repeated inbreeding) 'disappeared' and three survived. Of those three, two are developing normally...



The third however is not developing normally and is insanely small. I'm shocked it's alive at all. But it is and it's eating food and drinking and running around...



We separated the reproducing siblings but not before they surprised us with a litter of 7!!

Here is mom from above...



and here are the babies from below (kind of her to have them on the see through part of the cage so we could get a peek)...



I'm hoping none or very few of them have this deformity.

Our next plan (once we buy a 4th cage) is to buy a new mate for the brother hamster (who needs a name, any suggestions). We're trying to bring in new blood so as not to have more of these inbreeding problems.

Anyone want a baby hamster? ;)