Guinea Pig Drama

At some point when the girls were four, I made some comment about them not being old enough for a pet.  They somehow cleverly got me to admit that they would be old enough for a guinea pig when they were six.  And they immediately grabbed onto this random statement and clung to it for years.  So as they were getting ready to turn 6, we pushed them off with the idea that we would look into it when we were through with Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Then around Christmas we learned that we would be moving.  So we pushed it off again.  Upon arrival in our new house, they brought it up again.  I was willing as I like little rodent pets but D was not a fan....

But the girls are persistent if not anything else.  In one weak moment, D agreed that they could get one.  So the next day we set off to get a pet.

 Meet Scooter!  So adorable!!  And he was a tiny little thing.  Super sweet and calm.  After one week, little Scooter suddenly took a drastic turn - very lethargic and seemed to have trouble breathing.  The girls were super sad and insisted that I take him to the vet.  And I did in fact take him to the vet (much to D's consternation!) He got a shot and seemed to be better, but a few days later he died.  For those of you who have not bought little pets at Petsmart, each pet has a two week return policy.  For any reason.  All you have to do is return the pet.  In any condition.  So I sadly had to take a dead little Scooter back to get my money back.

The next week we went on our beach trip.  And when we got back we went right back to get another guinea pig.  This time we decided to buy two so that they would not be lonely.  But it was very hard to find two that the girls liked.  So after two long days of traveling to all the different stores all over the area, we ended up with two little piggies.

 This is Acorn - sharpest little claws ever!!

Here is little Bessie - she was super shy.

Sadly these two little piggies did not get along at all.  They totally stayed away from each other and Acorn seemed to be the more dominate one (from all of my research on the web!) and they really did not like to be picked up at all.

So we returned those two little ladies - within our two week window again to get our money back.  At this point, I am pretty sure that we are on some type of do not sell list at all the petsmarts and petcos around here.

But they say that fourth time is the charm.  So I will introduce our new pet: Peaches and Cream!  We have had her for two months now and she seems to be a keeper!