The House of Death

The House of Death strikes again, this time claiming the life of "Stuart" aka "Polo" the hamster.
I am unsure how old he was, but we only had him for about a year. I wanted to name him Stuart, after Stuart Little. The boy wanted to name him Polo--as in Ralph Lauren. He already had a hampster named Polo--We shudda named him Houdinii. He escaped several times, and almost met fate early on..but we found him each time, and finally secured his cage, so that he could not get out anymore. He walked on his squeaky wheel every night for hours.
He drove me insane.

The boy cried like a baby. He was so upset. He cried like 5 different times.
But said nothing. He is just like his mama, I swear.

So, I told him, that I didn't think we were getting any more hamsters, exotic birds, or anything for that matter. The only other living thing we have is "Courage" the cowardly African Dwarf Frog...He is cute enough..but I'm sure he won't be around much longer either. Animals just do not survive under my care. My girlfriends now call my apartment, The House of Death.

The other animals that have met their untimely demise?

Judas--the cocka(something) bird. Cockatoo? Cockatiel? Whatever kind of bird he was, he was mean and nasty --hence the name, Judas--I think they typically live to be 60 something. I think Judas was probably 2 or 3 years old. Tragic! The boy cried for like 2 weeks when Judas died. I told him..Your crying over a bird that used to bite the shit out of you..but he didn't care.
Actually, I think Judas might have died from a cocaine overdose. It's a long story, and although I never told anyone that..I'm glad there was no autopsy. Your girl would be in the 'clink' doing hard time for..I dunno what charge..but something drug and death related.

Courage--This was the 'first' Courage. We had him for about 2 years. He got sick..What do you do? He cost like 3 bucks. The boy cried over him , too. But I just went to the pet store and got another one. The boy is so original. He named the new one Courage as well. Whatever. Courage received a proper toilet flush burial.

Courage II is hanging on for now..