Guinea Pig Slayers

You may remember that Abigail acquired her first pet, a guinea pig named Princess, for her 5th birthday. These animals have an average 5-7 year lifespan so I thought we would have Princess for quite some time. That wasn't the case. In a terrible week when my sister's dog Snoodles drowned, we found Princess didn't even make the first year of that 5-7 year lifespan.

Not wanting to replace Princess too quickly, we didn't run out to the pet store immediately. A few months later, we finally let her pick out a new guinea pig, named Rocky (she picked up on our geographic pet-naming tradition and used our town, Round Rock).

After a thorough sanitizing, Rocky made her home in Princess' old cage. However, I recommended that we replace all the leftover food, hay, water bottle, food bowl, etc. Since we didn't know what had brought about Princess' early demise, I didn't want to take a chance that it was a sickness that could be passed on to Rocky. Daniel dismissed me. Did you hear that?! He dismissed me. Hrmph!

Fast forward a couple of days to a big "I told you so." Huge "I told you so." We were back at the pet store, again. So, let me introduce you to Rocky II. We've had her a few months so hopefully we won't have another guinea pig to introduce you to in the near future. This one looks like she'll make it! And, the new food, water bottle, bowl, etc., may have helped her make it longer than the first Rocky.