Wednesday, July 31, 2002. Entry #181

Some people have no idea of the amount of pets we have.

It is a little scary sometimes. Scary as in, 'if we forget to feed them, they will devour us' scary. But we love them a lot.

Lisa's Mom popped by the other day to see the piggie babies, and she brought her digital camera with her. So now we can show them all off!

There's the five of them, with a computer diskette for size comparison purposes. The one you can't see in the back is the runt of the litter, the only one who shares his Mom's whorls. Here he is by himself.

Here are the proud (and tired) parents, Jersey and Button! Jersey is proving to be a fine daddy, helping keep all the babies in line and safe.

We also grabbed the opportunity to capture shots of the rest of the menagerie.

This big fellow is not a groundhog, but Idaho, one of our other two guinea pigs.

His momma, Molly, isn't anywhere near as big as he is, but she still dwarfs the happy family in the next cage.

Our sullen PAC-Man Frog, Arvid. Isn't he ugly! He's still small yet, as PAC-Man Frogs can grow to dinner plate size.

The clown in the above shot is Pippin, our Senegal parrot (otherwise known as the Tiny Dinosaur). It's still weird to see a bird happily mucking about on his back with his feet in the air, but he seems to like it.

And finally, our most recent acquisition, the tiny and surprisingly friendly Peanut. Lisa's store no longer sells Siberian Dwarf Hamsters, so this little lady needed a good home. We already had the right gear to keep her happy and healthy, so we adopted her.

We completely forgot to snap new pictures of Samantha and Emma, our beautiful cats, so here's two shots from a couple years back. The black one is Sammi.

One Year Ago: I was still on hiatus, but in 1969, Mariner 6 flew past Mars.

Mom Rating: 3 out of 5. Mom'll shake her head in dazed amazement at our little zoo. But she'll think the babies are cute.

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