Introducing Chewy

Sam was promised a hamster for his birthday and has waited patiently until the end of the summer holidays as I hoped.

So this is "Chewy", a female Syrian hamster. On advice, we have left her today getting to know her cage (Buckingham Palace standards if you ask me), and in this picture Sam and she seem to be sizing each other up!

I think she may be a handful - she had nibbled her way through the carrying box before we even got to the till at Scotsdales. I think they are well matched :-)