Sylvana says:

My daughter loves hamsters, so I bought her this for Christmas… then she managed to see the box early and squealed, “Hamster!” How could I deny her? So, fine, she got the darn thing early, and she loved it. It went scuttling around the floor in its ball, then she took it out and it scuttled around some more. BUT… when she held it up to get a good look at it, her hair got stuck in the wheels, and the wheels kept going! Her hair got wrapped around and around the wheel, and it seems there was no automatic shut-off for something like this– there should definitely be some kind of sensor to automatically shut off this toy if something is stuck in its wheels.

So I had a crying, screaming child while I ran over to shut off the toy and unwind her hair from its wheels. You might chalk this up to a freak accident, but considering we’ve owned the toy for less than 24 hours, I’m afraid that similar events are on our horizon. I think I may force her to keep it inside the ball.

(Update a week later): Funny thing about this: I knew nothing about Zhu Zhu Pets when I bought this. Only after I saw how much she liked this did I go online looking for other toy hamsters, because when I asked what she wanted for Christmas, she said, “Another hamster.” I had no idea about the Zhu Zhu craze! This toy is not a Zhu Zhu (someone asked me that in the comments, so I’ll put it out here)– it doesn’t make sounds or change directions or any of the additional things they do. But for what it is, it’s cute, and a good price. Using only one battery is a nice benefit, too.