After a work appointment, I met Mike and the kids at Mike's childhood pet store, Mark's Ark, to shop for hamsters. Christian decided that he wanted one too. He said that maybe they would live longer if they had a friend. He got his heart set on an orange and white one. She was a girl, and he decided to name her after himself, so it was Christina.
Bev decided on a Black Bear hamster. We were told that if they were both girls, they would probably get along, so Bev picked a girl. She was the smallest, and youngest of the Black Bears. Her name is Ash.
We got them home and soon realized that Christina was a bully to Ash, bumping her, trying to bite her and scaring her. Poor Ash was constantly running away from Christina. We decided that it was not a good fit, so, the next day, Mike took the kids back and Christian decided he would trade Christina in for a kinder hamster.
They got to the pet store and Christina was diagnosed as being a boy. He is now called Chris, and Christian didn't want to get rid of him. The pet expert encouraged them to put perfume on each of the hamsters, that they could trick them into liking each other. We are now watching them to make sure we don't have another tragedy.
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