Failed my saving throw against cute

Yesterday I went to the pet supply shop to get some fresh bedding and bath sand for the gerbils. I made a tactical error: I took the children with me. The past few times this has not been a mistake, because the pet supply shop has largely been depleted of its stock of adorable baby animals. Not yesterday, though.

We came home with this. ( Meet Tiny, the Roborovski dwarf hamster )

One more picture, because I can't quite believe she's not going to grow much bigger. ( Tiny nibbling a carrot. )

[NB: We did acquire gerbil bedding and bath sand. Cheeky and Nibbles were particularly active and adventurous this evening. It's almost as if they realised they needed to up their game.]