Ode to Buddy

Oh Buddy, thou chinchilla
You made my office stink-a

Shooting a fine mist all around
of your bath in lava dust-a

How I'd love to say I'll miss you
Alas, it wouldn't be true
You've bitten everyone who ever cared for you...

Anything set near your cage you would chew
be it cables, paper, cardboard or plastic too
When we let you run around the room free,
you hid in my desk and didn't hesitate to pee
I will miss your little barks of annoyance
whenever I whistle to the music of Beyonce (ok - just for rhyming... I don't listen to Beyonce)

Oh yes, there will be tears, but they won't be mine
My office won't need a permanent vacuum in it! DIVINE!!
Your poop will no longer scatter askew
Little neighbor boy will no longer try to feed you your poo

I hope you love your new home! I hope they enjoy you.
We did for a while, but now we are through.
* sung to the tune of a drunken pirate song - doesn't matter which one really...*

Ok - I don't really hate the little guy, but Meri never plays with him anymore and the main condition of her getting her new puppy was that she'd have to find a new home for the chinchilla. His lava dust baths coat my keyboard with a fine dust. Robb hates all the fine dust in his computer parts that he stores out here in my office. And yes, Buddy barks at me when I whistle along with my music... At first I thought he was trying to sing along. Not so... He's mad at me.

We offered him up for sale to our 4H club members and got a nibble the first day I sent out the email. Someone is stopping today to pick him up. So Meri will get to see him at the county fair anyway!