The obligatory 'new pet!' pictures:

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His name's still Barnabas but the nicknames are already kicking in. 'Barnabas-myarmabus' came from me trying to find things that rhymed with Barnabas and, of course, there's 'Barnmeister'. He's going to be one confused hamster.

Also, the father parental seemed rather not pissed with me on the phone just now. This is A Good Thing, because it's nice to have at only one parental being pissy at a time.