Growing up we didn't have a guinea pig. We always had a dog and at least one cat(mainly two). There were also rabbits, fish, mice (what were my parents thinking, mice are the animal of my worst dreams, well them and emus) and budgies.
Greg loves animals. A lot. So we got ourselves a dog just after we bought our house together. We were 7 months pregnant with our first princess then. I had my cat. My gorgeous Nala who I adopted and bottle fed. She fitted into the palm of my hand and I had to set my alarm to feed her through the nights. Nala loves Greg. She decided he was hers as well and in the way only cats can she walked into his heart.
Just after Chloe was born we found ourselves with a little white guinea pig. Rolie , Jess named her. After Rolie Polie Olie, a show on Playhouse Disney. I had never had a guinea pig. My cousins had had one though. Anyway this little piggy was pretty cute. She was a bit fiesty and quite brave. She loved our cat and curled up next to her. She became so so tame so quickly. You would turn around and there she was. This little piggy. Chloe in many ways is her father's daughter. She is a mad animal lover. And Rolie was her buddy. Greg built a box for the back of Chloe's bike and she rode, slowly and carefully with Rolie in the back.
Rolie would squeak at us when we went into the backyard. She knew when we had food for her. Chloe would push Rolie in her pram. Rolie was the third player in so many games the girls played together. Rolie was a huge part of our lives.
And last night Rolie died. I can't believe a little pig can make me cry so much. She was such a character. Thanks little pig little pig for making us all smile :)
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