Family

Well, one of the guinea pigs died last night. We have no idea why. She was thin, but we thought she was just young.

We took them out to play in the grass today. Both Sugar and Cinnamon were doing fine. This evening, when Eri picked up Sugar, Sugar couldn't keep her balance, and fell on her side. I ran to the computer to see what I could find, but by the time I got there, Sugar had made one last peep and died.

We hope PetSmart will do a post-mortem and tell us what happened, but they won't give us any guarantee. They did give us another guinea pig, a calico we named Sundae.

We gave her the best home a guinea pig ever had for her short time with us. She was skittish, but polite. R.I.P, Sugar Anne Spice. Best pet name ever.

He's got that look in his eyes!

Well, it looks like I'm overruled. The girls want a pet, and not a fish, either. They want something they can cuddle. I won't take a puppy or another cat.

So of course they go straight for the rodents. They want a guinea pig. I thought I could put it off: I tried explaining that they're too mean to each other to cooperate over a pet. But they started cooperating. Now, if they just get their rooms clean, three days later I have to get them a guinea pig.