This is how it all started ... a harmless little hedgehog is the 'fault' of it all. We happened to hedgehog sit her for a day and Lutza instantly fell in love.
Actually I take it back. That sweet girl below ... it's all her fault. She is the one who owns the hedgehog and her heart is bigger than whole Indonesia. On the night we had to send the hedgehog home, Lutza was taken over by unmeasurable sorrow 'why don't I have a pet'. Well, that state didn't last for long because next morning this sweet girl surprised her with Cutie Guinea Pineapple Nance (a mouthful for sure).
Lutza's world was in a perfect balance after this.
Little did we know this would start an unstoppable tornado of events that would last for the first two months of the summer.
Of course now Vidor and Bendeguz want a pet too. Here are the ideas in the order of requests: a fish, just one - no, I changed my mind: two fishes - how about a gecko - a mouse - no, I changed my mind again: a gecko - I like hamsters - I am sure now, I would like a fish (cats and dogs were not mentioned, pew).
Dizzzzzyyy. Two months before Vidor's birthday we make the mistake of taking a visit to the pet store. Praise the Lord, they didn't have a gecko (one that would not give us nightmares). He didn't fall in love with any fish (if that is possible at all) so we ended up with this little black mouse. Small, harmless, easy to care for .... SOLD. She loved peanuts and I had a five pound bag in the pantry we were so sick of ... it was a match made in heaven.
Two days later the mouse goes crazy ... no joke, crazy. Taps her tail, attacks and generally shivers in the corner. Trip to the pet store - return - found a cute brown guinea pig - Vidor is super happy.
Two days later the pig gets sick. Back to the pet store - return - come home empty handed.
We have left our contact information with the store as they offered us to purchase the guinea pig back if she gets better. Okay, now here I am trying not to smile from the mixed emotions .... but 10 days later I get a call that was sad but was presented with major seriousness (maybe a wee bit too much for a guinea pig): "Mrs. Nance. I have some sad news to tell you. Brownie had a pretty bad case of ear infection and we have tried everything to save her but she passed away this morning."
I broke the news to Vidor, and he took it like a man 'She is with Jesus now and she has a new body, I am glad she is okay'.
So that same girl from the beginning of the story ... she gave Vidor a guinea pig too. This is Squeaky (short and simple ...aren't boys just easy).
And now, here is Bendeguz. He ended up with Cauliflower Nance a guinea pig who he fell in love with upon one of our many visits to the pet store.
He totally adores her and I think it's mutual.
I figured by the time these guine pigs get old we can revisit the dog idea. Think again ... these little rodents can bring 7-10 years of bliss to our children ... and we have three of them.
