What’s that under the tree, a teddy bear? Not the stuffed kind, but perhaps the third-most-exciting pet to unwrap, after the pony and the puppy: the teddy bear hamster! The teddy, technically ...

Long-haired Syrian hamsters, like Rickey, are called “teddy bear” hamsters. A teddy bear hamster has a long skirt of fur on either side of its tail. As a male, Rickey is fuzzier than his female ...