New Pet

My new pet, Siew Kai the Guinea Pig

I have grown to like animals a lot more now. They make good companions. I adopted a baby guinea pig on Valentine's day. Nothing significant of the date. It was purely incidental. I named him Siew Kai or Little Chicken because it is the year of the Rooster and I have certain fascinations for the "chickens" lately. At the moment he feels estranged from my humble abode. Nevertheless with time he should be familiarised with the smell, sound, sight and feel of my house. I try to cuddle him as much as I can - fearing at the same time that he may innocently drop something wet and hard on me. But with every pet I had, not only do they drop things on me, I end up cleaning their dirty work all the time.

Siew Kai is tame and docile. Even my 6 cm long dwarf hamster bullies him. I placed both on the floor today; trying to get them to break the ice. All efforts were in vain. My tiny hamster, Siew Sa Lei nibbled on Siew Kai who was 20 times her size and chewed on his fur and ear! Poor piggie was running away and thugged his head into my hand. He was terrified!

I am trying to understand Siew Kai's habits just as I did with Siew Sa Lei. I love this hamster of mine. She is very cute and knows my scent pretty well. However she just won't sit still for one second. Always sniffing and checking out everything. Nosy little thing is she.

Comparatively Siew Kai will just sit quietly on my lap or on the table while I do my work on the computer. A passive pet and laid back generally. But that doesn't make him dumb and unresponsive. He just takes things easy. A cool guy. I love my Siew Kai.

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There are things I wanted to say but I won't say. Suffice for me to express that I prefer to be the way I should be. I shall just do it. Sometimes speaking more will only delude things.