DAY 15 - YOUR PETS

Chad and I are currently without pets, although for awhile there was a parakeet that took up a corner space in a place or two in Montana. His name was Houdini because he could escape from his cage and I did not take care of him. I'm not sure what exactly happened to him, but one weekend when Chad and his brother had gone to Great Falls I discovered him stuck in the bottom of his cage and before someone was able to come help (I seriously would have done more damage if I had tried) he was gone. I don't recommend birds.

Between my brother and I we've had numerous fish and other water creatures, box turtles from school and hamsters. I don't remember any other little pets.

Tigger was dragged in from the street when we were little and in Juneau. She had to be put down while I was away at college because she'd gotten too old. I remember one time she got trapped behind some empty space at the bottom of a bookshelf and it took awhile to find her. She occasionally brought birds home as presents. She had 4 kittens that we named Gus Gus, Sarah and Tyler and something else before they all got new homes. Tigger loved to cuddle, she'd crawl under the covers with me and sleep there. I'm definitely a cat person and would love to have another, but Chad is allergic so we'll see if that ever happens.

Tess we got in 4th grade. She was a golden retriever and loved to eat up shoes. She was just getting out of her crazy puppy stage when she ran out in front of a car.

Maggie we got as a rescue from the pound. She was the most mellow dog. And kind of quirky. She liked to eat from her food bowl laying down in front of it. One morning after 13 years she just didn't wake up.

Some day we'll have pets again after all this apartment living is over.