They are hard to find on the store shelves across America - and if your child wants one for Christmas I hope you turn to eBay and have some extra bucks to spend.

According to an tweet from eBay, in the month of November alone 206,466 Zhu Zhu pets and accessories sold on the site.  eBay has even launched a map of where the Zhu Zhu pets sales are happening on their site.  The map can be viewed at www.ebayholiday.com/zhu-zhu

This little hamster is raking in the dough for sellers.  In fact when I took the screenshot for this article, there was less than 1 minute left in the listing and the price jumped $8! 

You can track the low and medium price and more for Zhu Zhu pets on a special webpage eBay has set up at http://www.ebayholiday.com/

In previous years hot items were the Nintendo Wii and Tickle Me Elmo - this year the furry hamster (all the fun  of a hamster without the mess) seems to be the hot item for Christmas 2009!