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It is with a heavy heart that I must report that Harvey the Wonder Hamster died earlier this evening. At some, unknown point, this afternoon Harvey escaped protective custody (read: Elli left the top of the cage open) and was found later underneath the kitchen table (read:probaby found by Charlie and played with to death). She was mourned for a total of 3 minutes, when Ike asked.

"Can I go to the pet store and get a white mouse now?"

The private funeral was held this evening. Its solemnity was touching, and the children are doing fine.  (Read: it wasn't quite like the scene from the Cosby Show, but close.)

Ike is still asking for a white mouse.
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For the last two...three hours...Magic has been whining at us. Now Magic is a pretty placid cat, whining is unusual for her. Usually means she got shut up some place and now she wants out. Joe checked on her a couple of times, but she wasn't trapped.

Whatever.

Magic started whining again...so I went to find out what was wrong with her. It took me a couple of minutes to determine that she was in fact in our room with the door open so I started to leave...then she darted out of Joe's closet over to mine. And she was chasing something.

Harvey!

Magic chased her out to where I could catch her, called for Joe ('cause I can't get up off the floor without hands), transferred Harvey to Joe and we moved her to her cage. Where we figured out that someone removed the tennis ball from the top of Harveys cage. (Tennis ball is a perfect size to cover a hole for more hamster trail)

We put the tennis ball back. And we fed her. She's had a rough night!

I'm glad we caught her...Ike would have been heart-broken.
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Not only has she already been let out of the cage (by Elli and Gwen), she's already sharply nibbled Ike and me (when we tried to pick her up from the ground), she's a good girl, she didn't even break skin.

Ike is now afraid of her, but is mollified by the idea that she bit him because she was very scared. I've convinced him to let her be for awhile because she has been through a fairly traumatic experience.

I've impressed upon the girls that if they let Harvey out, not only will they break Ike's heart, but that Magic would eat her. And they don't want that.

Everyone is now happy eating Cheetos and watching Wiggles.

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