I never had hamsters growing up as a kid, we were parakeet people. And dogs. anyway, a couple of years ago my sister - who collects odd animals like some people collect books *cough* - brought home a hamster named Mr. Nubbins and guess who got stuck taking care of her because I was the only one up when the ham was? Yeah, Mr. Nubbins was a girl and yeah, we knew it from the get go. I've since had a Mr. Bugs who was also female. Anyway, grown adult well past needing critters stage and next thing I know my room just isn't complete without the sound of a tiny whirring wheel and a pea sized brain plotting evil. Siiiigh ;)

and so very awesome! - thanks for the tip and the link :D I didn't think SE would actually EVER resolve the issue just because they seem to enjoy yanking chains more. Nice to see a bit of commitment to what we all already knew and they'd been hinting at for years now :D