I've always wanted a pet hedgehog...well, at least since I was 10 and had to did a report on it for school. But...I didn't realize they cost $200. That's kind of a problem. So, I suppose my thinking was a hamster is the closest thing to a hedgehog that I could have...interesting, right?

I'm sure I read at least 20 books on hamster care that were all pretty much the same. Besides requiring that I get a huge $100 cage and 25 accessories, they all definitely made it seem like any noise next to the cage would stress out my hamster and it would die.

But anyways. I went to the pet store still deciding I wanted one, despite those intimidating books.

Long story short (seriously, I think I took at least 30 minutes to decide which one I wanted), I picked out a male panda bear hamster and named him Gus-Gus as soon as I got in the car.