Pe(s)ts
My daughter Amber is nearly 24 years old and has never lived alone. For most of those 24 years she hasn’t even slept in a room alone, sharing a room first with her sister and then later with her college roommate Jamie. In fact, she and Jamie shared a no-bedroom studio that was smaller than my bathroom for over 2 years. They were very close friends.
I can imagine how lonely and quiet her new apartment must be. All alone in a new city. It’s driven her to acquire a pet.
I was sure she would have gotten a cat. Nope - cat food. She got 2 white mice. Mice. Rodents. Those aren’t pets - they’re pests.
Eventually Amber hopes to get a cat so I’m thinking the mice might actually be a good choice because once she can afford a cat, the mice can be dinner. Amber doesn’t think that’s funny. She doesn’t think April’s funny either…
April says: Dad says Walmart makes these mouse toys…
Amber says:What kind of toys?
April says:and you put some cheese on them and then they go SNAP!
Amber says:harharhar
April says:peanutbutter works too
Amber says:lol
Amber says:Well, Dasha and Foxy aren’t getting snapped
Amber says:unless they get free
Amber says:which is unlikely in a wire cage
on August 4th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
OMFG!!! What the hell mice that is nasty…ewwww what a gross and weird pet couldnt you have gotten a fish…
on August 4th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
That’s what I said!
on August 4th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
LOL
A few things:
1.) It was Ilya’s Idea, though I wasn’t really against it. I wanted a pet, but a cat just isn’t possible right now. I thought about a rat, but I guess they get really REALLY clingy. Like, dog clingy.
2.) They aren’t any ickier than any other domesticated pet. Hell, people breed them for mouse shows. MOUSE shows! I couldn’t believe it, either. http://www.afrma.org/fancyrm.htm#fmice
3.) They aren’t actually white. Dasha is black and white, and Foxy is yellow. I think this helps with the cuteness, because the white ones just scream “Feed me to a snake!!!” to me. And they kinda creep me out. With those creepy pink eyes.
I understand if you guys are creeped out. Mice aren’t for everyone. But I think they’re cute. So tiny!
on August 5th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
All I can think is that it will pee on my hand…because that always happens
on August 5th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Well, they do pee when they’re terrified. I’m slowly training them to be okay when they are held. Everything I read says it takes a little bit if you get them as adults. But they are already getting better about me holding them than they were a few days ago.
on August 6th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
So you had pee hands for a few days or so then? Eww
on August 6th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
No. Poo hands. They poo far more than pee. I used a lot of soap.
on August 7th, 2008 at 7:08 am
Yes - lots and lots of soap, please.