Hey Deb what kind of pet is it you are giving away, I can't tell, not that I can have another! Mean ole hubby says no to all pets! Lost my dwarf hamster geez has it been a year ago, not sure any longer seems like yesterday! He suffered so horribly and I had such a hard time getting him to take any of the water with a sleeping pill in it. DH (wasn't a dear anything at the time) was horrible and wouldn't agree to me taking him to the vet to take care of. Was at wits end he had a huge tumor on his side and suffered that last couple weeks. Finally got some water down him and either he picked shortly after to die or he got enough of the sleeping pill to just go to sleep! Was so mad at hubby he said no more! Chewie my hamster was quite rugged for such a lil guy tho. The dwarf supposedly has a life span of 1-2 yrs he was over 4 yrs old and had been thru two hurricanes (katrina and rita). lol he was so mad at my husband when he took his cage apart so he could put him up on the mantle above the water that it appeared he didn't have a clue there was a problem. Rita the roof caved in where he was, so that was probably a lot scarier!