Pequeño the Hamster joined our class in 2006. He was very timid in the beginning but became more outgoing as he gradually became familiar with the sights and sounds of our classroom. He spends most of his days sleeping, but will come out of his house when the students feed him. Pequeño also likes to roll around in his plastic ball. This quickly became a popular reward choice for the class on Freetime Fridays. Pequeño is not little anymore - he has grown so much in the last two years! We just may have to change his name if he gets any bigger!

Squeakers the Hamster joined our class in 2003. He would also spend most of his days sleeping, but would come out of his house whenever he heard students reading on the book nook bench next to his cage. Squeakers loved to eat carrots and would often stick one whole baby carrot in his cheek pocket before carrying it back into his house. Squeakers made it very easy for Miss Romero and the two students assigned to clean his cage because he would hop out of the cage and into his holding pen while the cage was being cleaned then hop right back into the cage when they were finished. Sadly Squeakers passed away in March 2006.

To find out more information about hamsters please visit http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/rabbit_horse_and_other_pet_care/how_to_care_for_hamsters.html