December 19, 2006
Sylvia
Sylvia was a shy girl, but she was SO good for her nail trim and cage cleaning. She was never a biter. When strangers came over, she would run into her tinder box to hide. After about their third or fourth visit, she some how knew their voice and smell, so she would stay out and lay in her clean bedding while they visited with us. She did not like to cuddle, but she, of course, loved to eat. She would eat only the greenest part of romaine lettuce, only the skin off the cucumbers, only the green bell peppers, not the expensive red ones which were so good for her! Every Sunday night my husband and I go to dinner at my parentshouse. Dad always makes a salad. Every week, I was to take home a Ziploc bag of cucumber skins for his Grand-pig. We dont have kids, so our pets are all they get from us so far! Sylvia and Annabelle began fighting soon after we brought them home, so I had to separate them. Their cages were touching and the part which touched and was free of tinder box, water bottle, hanging treat holders was their windowto visit. The morning after Sylvia passed, I woke up to no chortling noise. (Sylvia was the loud one, begging as soon as my feet hit the floor!) Annabelle was resting under her sister window, facing her sisters now empty spot. It broke my heart. She sat in my lap for two hours that night, enjoying her ear rub and back rub. She usually only stood the human interaction for about 10 minutes. She was lonely.
Posted by Rat Girl at December 19, 2006 09:22 PM