Hamsters in India

This past August our friends and neighbors Ken and Megan Milar and their 3 children Braeden (5), Teagan (3) and Rowan (18 mths) moved to India. Ken works for P&G and this move is supposed to be for 18-24 mths. To say Megan's facebook updates about life in India have been interesting is an understatement. Yesterday's comment from Megan was about a present she got for her daughter Teagan's 3rd birthday this month. A hamster. The attached picture is not great but the most current one I have of Teagan. The Milars came home for Christmas (36 hour trip) this past December and their kids were in the Pilgrim pagent. So back to the hamster. Megan update read "just bought a hamster for Teagan's 3rd b-day. Man delivered it to me at a bus stop in Delhi. Oh the things a mother will do ..." This morning I looked up how far Delhi is from the little town they live in. To Delhi and back this trip was just over 300 miles! One of Megan's friends comments to this update was " If I wasn't living in India, I would think meeting someone at a bus stop for a hamster is a little sketchy :)" Teagan had been suffering from pet withdrawal. She could not sleep because her "pet hamsters" (torn-up-tissue) needed real cereal. That is when her parents decided she needed something real.