I don’t know why I keep doing this to myself. We had mice and that was traumatizing enough. Every day I cringed upon peeking into their cage and prepared myself to either find one had died or had given birth. Eventually the mice all died and I swore off the rodent family.
My girls have been begging for hamsters, guinea pigs, dwarf bunnies and chickens ever since. I have been very firm with my NO up until we began volunteering at the humane society. We walked in one day to see two guinea pigs had been rescued from an alley and next thing I know I’m carrying them off to my car.
Meet Piggy and Peaches:
(video here)
If she’s pregnant I’ll host a giveaway.
John Holton says
Be careful… they have a tendency to leak at the worst times…
erin says
adorable! I think more then paying for them, you need in writing and signed that you will never have to be the changer of litter or to a new home they go! There are always great intentions until that cage changing! and DONT YOU DO IT! “Mrs. don’t want your kids to be mad at you” :-) I get it! My son still has a tortoise (for the last 9 years). that he plans his kids will raise it too (they live 50 years) .,. but here is the deal, through middle schools, high school, tech school. (where he lived), and now back at home after graduating… I call, text, whine, argue, plead, panic, and worry about Phil (the tortoise) .. I’m not sure there is a day I havnt had to nag at my son to take care of that poor guy.. change his water bowl (they absorb water into their shells to hydrate) and putting fresh veggies… ,”FEED Phil, he is straving!!!! Did you feed phil? Really? REALLY!!! I do not see food in his cage! FREAKIN FEED PHIL!!!”… My 21 year old holds down a real honest to goodness paying career job and my career job apprently is Phil!
Jill says
I don’t think I could deal with cleaning cages! lol You are a brave woman!