Her full name is Milady Clarick de Winter. She is named after a character in Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers. She received her name when we brought her home and she tried to commit suicide by leaping from the PetCo box to the kitchen floor. Fortunately, she was simply stunned. (Technically, Milady de Winter didn't commit suicide in the book, but no one in my family knows any story other than the movie version.)
Lady is a Roborovski hamster, or robo-hamster to us. They are the smallest of the hamster varieties and apparently extremely skittish and fast. Unlike Peanut, she doesn't like to be touched, but she is more active than Peanut and more fun to watch. If I ever do get to hold her, she is supposed to be hypoallergenic. She seems to be getting used to me, since she lets me touch her a little. Her favorite activity is running on her wheel, as the wheel squeaks all night long.
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