> So far, my daughter Emily (age 6) has lost two fish, a caterpillar, a cat, > and a pet gerbil.
Its been very hard on my son losing his dog and his fish. > We had the gerbil for about 18 months after "rescuing" it from her > preschool, who couldn't keep it anymore. We had a little funeral service > for the gerbil, and from time to time, Emily says a little prayer for her > still. > > The cat died when emily was only 2-3 years old so she doesn't really > remember him. Kavik died when monk was just two, but he still talks about him and his death. I suppose it was like losing a brother because Kavik played with him all the time. > Next in line are her pet box turtle (we've had him about a month), my dog > Ripley, a sheltie who is 9 years old, and our cat Murray, who is about 3 > years old I think. All in good health. I don't expect the turtle to live > long. > > If Ripley lives to "old age" of 15-20, Emily will be a teenager - or > nearly > so - when that happens. Do tell about the Box turtle. I want one. high maintenance? I hear turtle crap sucks. do shelties live to 20?? my god, i've been choosing the wrong breeds. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260933 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
