Goodbye Cuddle (and Freckles)

For some reason, we are a curse on pets.

We just can't keep them healthy or alive!

Except our frogs that we got for free on Craigslist, they are still a hoppin'.

Kadie's tiny turtle that we only had for about 2 months just died.

We learned that turtles as small as ours were, are not supposed to be sold for pets.

They usually die because they are too small.

Kadie decorated Cuddle's box with a bow, a note and pictures.

If you look closely, you will see that Kadie wrote "Cuddle" on a paper with a sticker of Jesus.

I just love her sensitive little personality.

We buried him to the side of the house with a circle of rocks to show his special spot.

Kadie has been out there several times to visit Cuddle.

Josh felt so bad, that he took Kadie on a little fieldtrip to get an older more sturdy turtle.

So we now have a 1 year old turtle that is a little bigger named Cuddle-2 now.

Sadly, last week there were a stretch of very cold nights. Laney's turtle couldn't stay warm enough, and so her turtle Freckles didn't make it either.

We still have Cuddle-2 and our frogs.

Goodbye...Hello!

Last Christmas the girls were so excited to get their little leopard gecko's from Santa.

Sassy really had a special little love for Laney.

As our first "real" pets other than fish, Santa told us that gecko's are very low maintenance and easy to keep alive. So even Josh and I were excited. They really were cute.

About 2 months ago, Laney's lizard dropped it's tail, and it was all downhill from there. Both gecko's were lethargic and wouldn't eat a thing for the last month. So we decided to give them up to a shelter that would nurse them back to health and then find good owners for them.

We saw and heard many many tears this last weekend.

Josh and I felt bad for the girls and for their gecko's.

What we weren't planning on was meeting some teeny tiny turtles at the shelter that need a new home! Kadie tried to talk me into a snake, but with all of the fiasco's with crickets this last year, I could only imagine mice and gold fish being worse. So we agreed on turtles.

Meet Freckles and Cuddle!

Now the girls are smiling again!

Let's hope that these little things stay healthy.