Parents all over are scrambling through stores and internet toy sites to uncover this year’s hot modern toy, the Zhu Zhu pet. Stores are having trouble keeping them on the shelves, because as soon as a batch comes in, they are snapped up at once. In fact, many of the internet stores who supply this item display “out of stock” next to the item.
While Zhu Zhu pets are a mere two-months old, trade experts are comparing the demand of this toy to the Tickle Me Elmo craze of several years back and Cabbage Patch kids in the 1970s.
There are at this time five different hamsters available, 3 males and two females:
1. Mr. Squiggles – the explorer
2. Pipsqueak – also known as “the dare devil”
3. Chunk – the surfer
4. NumNums loves its food.
5. Patches – flower lover
So what, exactly, is a Zhu Zhu Pet?
Zhu Zhu pets are essentially adorable, furry, interactive pet hamsters that have become the most well-liked kids’ toys on the scene these days, and every kid wants one for Christmas. A wide range of accessories are sold with these cute lifelike critters, which makes collecting them even more fun for kids. Among the extra items you can buy are:
* Habitats that have been specially designed for each kind of hamster
* Tunnels
* Cars
* Food dishes and water bottles
* Other items that are fun for kids to play with
The Zhu Zhu Pet enterprise is based on artificial intelligence, and the toy hamsters have turned out be the perfect option for parents who see their kids are not prepared to take care of a living pet hamster, but can get an idea of what will be required in pet care by playing with Zhu Zhu Pets. These toy pets are appropriate for children ages 3-10 – a wide age range that can allow their popularity to linger on with the kids.
How does the Zhu Zhu Pet interact?
These life-like hamsters intermingle with their surroundings and have a loving mode, which when turned on allows the toy to coo or purr, respond to pets with cooing sounds of thanks and if they are petted long enough theyíll even yawn and fall asleep.
They have an active mode, as well, which sets them darting throughout the rooms in their individual homes, and makes them spin on their hamster wheel, roll about in a play ball, zip down a spiral slide, and slalom on a skateboard. Unlike their true life hamster counterparts, Zhu Zhu Pets don’t run on their squeaky wheel all night and keep the children awake; instead they curl up under a blanket and sleep through the night, rising up in the morning with the kids.
Of course, having 2 or more of these toys makes them even more fun because they will interact with one another with amusing antics. This pet to pet interaction is so much fun, that youngsters choose to collect all of the pet hamsters and have their own family of pets.
