Sad and happy news!!

Well, got some REALLY BAD NEWS and some good news. 

Bad news.....We had to take Russell to the vet because he was sick. That's part of the bad news. Anywho, it's very unlikely he will make it. We took him to the PetSmart vet and you could tell they were trying to be nice and all, but he could barely breathe. He could not stand or walk, he had an ear infection, and he was actually too young to be sold. 

 The PetSmart has a 14 day guarantee and if the pet becomes sick you can either replace it, or have a vet "treat it". They took him into a room while we waited and put him in a cage, they told us they would give him medication.

 Since there was a slim chance of him surviving the night, I decided I wanted to look at other guinea pigs. Next door there was a PetCo and actually the store actually sold some adopted pets! They promoted adopt don't shop too! The lady was super nice and gave us loads of info instead of just trying to get me to buy one and helped me find a little sleeping hut for him and such.

 It was an awesome store!!! 

And here's the best news: I got a guinea pig! A new one. His name is Iggy. He is actually almost an adult, not a baby and is really big. We disinfected his cage BIG TIME because I didn't want him to get Russell's sick-germs. He's HUGE!!!!! Here's a pic.

Iggy's ADORABLE, don't you agree?

Some Sad News

Hello Critter Corner Fans! I know you probably have been awaiting the upcoming announcement of the growth of my sea monkeys, but you probably won't hear that anytime soon. Sadly, all of my sea monkeys are dead, except for one. He died yesterday. Why? Because I, the sea monkey care-taker, the person responsible for this, didn't realize that you were supposed to buy the "million-bubble air pump" something-or-another. Every day you would pump the air pump, it said, and it would provide much-needed oxygen in order for your pets to live. Hopefully we can re-order them, but for now, I am not sure what to do with the tank. If there were any left, I would become "a sea-monkey murderer" because I poured him down the sink. But I am sure there are no left. Last night my dad saw the last one and said, "There isn't any left except for one. He looks like he is suffering." Then we looked at each other and I got the little brochure that came in the kit and read it. Oops.

Sea Monkeys "MILLION-BUBBLE" AIR PUMP

So, that's how they died. I so feel bad for them that they probably suffered suffocation and I didn't realize it until......... until it was too LATE. Hopefully I can get new ones along with the air pump for sure. I'm sorry I had to tell you the sad news, but what would I do when somebody asks how big they are getting? I don't know either.

The sadly empty  tank. Poor guys.