Big Guinea Pigs
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009Last night I watched a television program about unusual pets. There was a Capybara — a South American acquatic rodent that is bascially a giant guinea pig. A hundred pounds of boxy cuteness. Round rump. Square face. Big sniffer. Likes to swim. Affectionate. I want one.
Then there was the featherless Cockatiel named Oscar. A victim of feather and beak disease, she looks like a walking version of one of those fryers in the poultry freezer. Oscar is 13 years old and happily serves as a mascot for an animal shelter. She snuggles against her owners neck. She loves to be stroked. I want her too.
If someone else would clean up aftern them, I’d have a dozen pets. One husband, two daughters, a dozen pets and someone to handle the pooper scooper in the back yard. And an indoor lap pool. And a wife. My husband and I both need a wife.
