With the two-legged beasties away at school, the four-legged beasties keep me company while I plug away at one WiP or other. It took a couple days for beastie girl to settle in with the program but we’re once again on track 
First came the tribbles…er…piglets. #2 beastie had asked Santa for a Guinea Pig and the big guy delivered one, and a spare. They have an adorable squeak used to say, “Hello.”
Of course, that squeak also says, “Hark, the human opened the refrigerator, and you know what that means…treats!” They do come in handy when one needs to clean out the garden beds for new planting. Much like Maria Zannini’s chickens
Next came beastie girl. A co-worker of My Guy’s needed to re-home her. Softy that My Guy is, we opened our home to her. She’s my shadow (or maybe with all that white ghost would be better). We girls have to stick together, after all, in this sea of testosterone.
I imagine she’s saying, “A little to the left…awww…Thanks.”
She gets along amazingly well with the piglets though we never expected this well!
That softy recently came home with these little guys one night. Good thing we still had the fish tank, LOL
We’ve never had aquatic turtles before so this is a fun learning experience.
Sep 01, 2011 @ 05:28:18
Those guinea pigs look adorable.
Sep 01, 2011 @ 10:23:05
They are snugly little critters, loving to curl against your neck (preferably under hair).
Thanks for stopping by Allie
Sep 01, 2011 @ 06:28:31
So cute
Especially the dog.
Sep 01, 2011 @ 10:24:45
A family isn’t complete without a fur baby or two
Thanks for stopping by Mary Kate!
Sep 01, 2011 @ 07:39:43
I’ve always wanted a Guinea pig. Used to have hamsters and loved them. Currently we have a four legged beast. Murphy is a Sable Bombay and we’re thinking about getting him a playmate from the same person. Oh, and we have a fish tank with only two fish in it at the moment. Need to get more. Love the pics, thanks for sharing them.
Sep 01, 2011 @ 10:30:22
We’ve had the hamsters and gerbils before but love the guinea pigs. The larger size and better interaction are great for the kiddos. The fish tank was left over from when we had the cast of Nemo, LOL, as it is the turtles are aptly named “Crush” and “Little Dude.”
Thanks for stopping by Melanie
Sep 01, 2011 @ 07:53:26
How cute! I have a cat. She is sometimes jealous of my laptop. She’ll jump in my lap and try to sleep there, except she has a hard time holding on when I’m at my desk. Sometimes she’ll sit on the desk and play with my pens while I type. My little writing buddy.
Sep 01, 2011 @ 10:32:41
Well Angela, that 70 pound beastie girl wants desperately to be a lap dog. Sitting on the sofa with the laptop can be an adventure, LOL. She’s my writing buddy too, usually sleeping at my feet.
Thanks for stopping by
Sep 01, 2011 @ 07:58:26
Love them all, Raelyn. Bless you for giving them such a good and loving home. I had guinea pigs as a girl. Adorable and amazingly intelligent darlings.
Sep 01, 2011 @ 10:37:51
We had guinea pigs growing up too. Yeah, I hinted in that direction
I have a hard time turning down a child or animal in need, though I put my foot down at birds (I happily feed the wild ones outside but don’t want them in the house), and That Man is just thankful we don’t have more space!
Thanks for stopping by Sue-Ellen!
Sep 01, 2011 @ 10:52:40
We haven’t picked up any new four-legged beasties. My chipmunk is interested in one so we’ll have to do some research on what to get. A good friend has a rabbit that may end up making our minds up for us.
And that picture with girl beastie and piglet: Too adorable!!!
Sep 01, 2011 @ 11:23:34
I highly recommend the guinea pigs Angela. They are awesome pets. I had a rabbit growing up and it was a good pet too but I have fonder memories of the guinea pigs (maybe that snuggle up in my hair factor).
I love that picture
#1 beastie took it and he claims he didn’t have beastie girl on a “stay” command.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sep 01, 2011 @ 13:12:31
We share our space with 1 13 year old male Chihuahua named “Nikima” or Nikki for short, 1 6year old Tomcat named “Blade” and an 8 year old Calico tabby named “Munequa”. Also have an Oscar who is 8 years old and lives in a 40 gallon fish tank which he has almost outgrown being able to be taken out of to clean it.
Funny how big dogs accept small pets, little dogs would try to either kill it or chase it instead of allowing it to do a “massage”!
Sep 01, 2011 @ 13:26:33
Your house sounds like ours!
We had an Oscar, named Nemo, once upon a time. We could never do a complete water change because he was so huge. Nemo, a prize won at during a street fair, started out in a 10 gallon tank (the one we’re using for the turtles for now…they can get to be 15 inches long so I’m sure we’ll be moving them at some point) and ended up in a 55 gallon. (Sadly Nemo didn’t survive the stress of our move to Nevada. If it had we’d probably have a pond by now.)
Trust me Jackie, we were completely surprised she let him climb on her! Most of the time she’ll bow in front of the cage, tail whipping at hundred miles an hour, expecting them to come out and play, LOL.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your fur babies
Sep 01, 2011 @ 17:36:33
It took me forever to get here today, but I finally made it. And look! I even got a shout out. Thank you! And my chickens thank you too.
As you know I am the honored guest of Tank and Iko. They let me feed them and allow me to share part of the bed every night.
They’re 130 and 100 pounds respectively. But they’re good boys and I know they would adore your big baby. I can’t believe how gentle she is with the tribbles. She is so lucky you took her in. I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to know she found a home with you guys. And finally, you’re not surrounded with all that testosterone.
I love your pictures!
Sep 01, 2011 @ 18:39:03
I figured I owed at least you an update on all the beasties, LOL. I’d love for beastie girl to have a play date with your boys…why do you have to be so far away?
Share a part of the bed, LOL, isn’t that the truth! I’ve never been a big sharer of the bed with the fur babies but That Man let her up and, well, the rest is history.
Thanks for stopping by Maria!
Sep 01, 2011 @ 17:38:35
Aww, I love aminules! I have two cats, and I share my space with them. I also share space with various spiders (not scared of ‘em), the odd cockroach (hate them to bits) and sometimes, colonies of ants. And, sometimes, dead rats/mice (or sometimes they’re not dead yet, and I rescue them from the maws of my kittehs). I talk to all aforementioned creatures, though as yet they haven’t really talked back (except the cats).
Sep 01, 2011 @ 18:45:26
Have your cats brought you a bird yet? I had a cat bring one inside once, thought the bird was dead…feathers EVERYWHERE…I’m surprised it could still fly with all the feathers it lost in its dash for freedom!
Thanks for stopping by Trisha
Sep 01, 2011 @ 17:39:53
When I was four years old my preschool class had a guinea pig named Peaches. It tried to eat my hand, although that could be because I kept trying to pick it up. Now I stick with cats.
I have a studio that I share with two: Cleo and Delilah.
Sep 01, 2011 @ 18:49:30
Ours have never bitten, love nibbles once in awhile is about the extent of their aggression and that’s rare. Peeing on me, now that’s a whole other story, LOL, the smooth coat was especially bad when we first got them.
Love your cats’ names
Thanks for stopping by Liz!
Sep 01, 2011 @ 23:09:16
What a great menagerie! I, too, share my home with too much testosterone – a husband, three sons, and my German Shepherd, Zutchka. We also have 7 chickens, but they’re not pets. Well, not really. (My two youngest boys just hold them, pet them, and feed them like they are pets!) They are my ‘layers’. Fresh eggs are great – and plentiful – sheesh! These chickens must be happy, they are laying at a break-neck rate. I can hardly keep up.
Thanks for stopping by today. You must have been feeling quite ambitious!
Have a great weekend ~ Nadja
Sep 02, 2011 @ 08:38:49
Aw Nadja, you have almost as much testosterone in your house as me! We really must get together
You’ll have to check out Maria Zannini’s blog, she has great chicken tales, LOL
Thanks for stopping by!
Sep 03, 2011 @ 16:48:46
I agree, we should get together! As for the testosterone levels in this house….Oy Vey! Ha! I’ll make sure to stop by your friend’s site. My chickens once laughed…yes, I said laughed….I know, you had to see/hear it to believe it…at a cat that our dog chased away from their coop. Funniest moment of last summer!
Talk to you soon ~ Nadja
Sep 02, 2011 @ 08:22:27
I ADORE guineapis. I called them winnie guins. I used to own terrapins and had a chihuahua. I was also a gerbil fiend and now I have cats.
I love the pics of your beauties, though your poor pooch looks perplexed at the mountaineering guineapig LOL! :O)
Sep 02, 2011 @ 08:43:50
Mountaineering Guinea Pig…I like it
Putting the human spin on it — I know we shouldn’t apply human emotions to animals — I like to think she knew if she moved suddenly he’d go flying off not only her but sofa as well.
Thanks for stopping by Madeleine!
Sep 02, 2011 @ 14:50:25
The guinea pig on the dog is hilarious
Sep 02, 2011 @ 14:57:51
The Mountaineering Guinea Pig
Thanks for stopping by Angie!
Sep 06, 2011 @ 10:00:29
I’ve never tried turtles or guinea pigs before, but we sure do love our menagerie. two cats, two dogs (formerly two fish, but I killed them) and a slew of chickens, geese, ducks, guineas, and a top turkey make up our current mix of animals. They keep things interesting (especially when one of the birds surprises me with a brood of babies!)
Sep 06, 2011 @ 10:26:51
You must have some property
I’d love to be in the middle of nowhere so we could grow our menagerie.
Thanks for stopping by Heather!
Sep 06, 2011 @ 11:09:53
Hello, and thnak you for your lovley comment on my story! We share our house with a grumpy cat and a grumpier tortoise (though he lives outside).
Sep 06, 2011 @ 13:19:40
For a bit we had a neighbor with a tortoise and it was a major escape artist, LOL. It seemed like every other week we were getting a knock on the door, “Have you seen Toby?” I still think it’d be cool to have one
Thanks for stopping by!
Sep 06, 2011 @ 16:08:56
Hey Raelyn. I put my foot down at inside birds, too. Love to watch them outside, though. That your cat brought in a bird, still alive, is hysterical. Oye! What a mess, huh?
Look at you, putting a list together of all the romance campaigners in your group. I am impressed. Thoroughly. I’m having such a fun time with this campaign, my first. What a great way to meet new people and experience new ideas. I’ve so enjoyed getting to know you, Raelyn. Thanks for stopping by today.
Sep 06, 2011 @ 17:37:52
It was a huge mess, LOL
I’m enjoying getting to know everyone as well. Keeping up with all the wonderful posts is a challenge though
Thanks for stopping by Dora!