...Zeke will never be allowed to have small animals as pets!
Please note that I have had to edit my description of my domestic life at right. I am saddened to announce that Belladonna the Guinea Pig died on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. On Monday she was chirping and wheeting as she ran around her cage as she got her day's carrot and hay. Late Tuesday night, Aaron found her with her hind legs paralyzed. By Wednesday morning before we could take her to the small animal vet, she was gone. She was as supercute as could be, but not supersocialized so we pretty much left her alone even after her cagemate Marigold died last year. I hope that this didn't hasten her demise.
I was the one that wanted guinea pigs, and four years ago I was the one that found these two who were being given away. I never had a mouse or gerbil or hamster or guinea pig growing up and I have to applaud my parents for that decision. I now understand that small animals make messes, aren't really capable of forming relationships with humans (beyond ones of fear) AND then die suddenly! I will have to show the same good sense as my parents as I have vowed never to get another small pet again. I can only hope that I have better luck taking care of the baby than this other little creature!
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