Charles has been agitating for getting some guinea pigs as pets for several months now. Finally, sometime in the last couple of weeks, Mom finally broke down. She tried to get Charles to agree to be happy for a while (originally until high school, but we tried to compromise on middle school) but it’s not clear Charles really agreed.
Mom went out on the Inter-Tubes and found an in-state guinea pig rescue operation which takes in abandoned guinea pigs and gives them to new homes. Mom looked at the selection and picked a trio of female guinea pigs named Smores, Fluffy, and Squeaky. It was a 2½ hour drive on which Mom, Charles, and Alice left about the same time I was dropping off Corwin. They successfully retrieved the guinea pigs and we are now infested with them. Mom also bought a cage, guinea pig food, bedding, water bottle, etc., so we are well equipped.
POset was indifferent, but Polynomial really really liked the guinea pigs. I don’t think she wants to eat them but they made her very excited. It was even worse if any of us held one of the guinea pig because then not only was there a small animal there, but someone else was getting human affection and Poly always wants a piece of that (I can hardly give Mom a hug without Poly trying to join in).
Charles seems to like the guinea pigs although as usual he’s not very demonstrative. Alice likes them as well although she’s not quite up to watching them without a helpful hovering parent. Corwin was very disappointed when he left that he wouldn’t get to see them for a week. The guinea pigs themselves seem nice, if a bit skittish. We can hope they get used to us but I doubt they’ll ever get used to Poly rubbing her nose on them and giving them big doggie licks.
