Just learned that we're becoming a blended family...........

[HopeHoops]

17. The only pet I've ever given up was my boa constrictor (Lucifer Beelzebub)

I got him when he was 20" and the thickness of a pencil. He grew to almost 5' and 3" in diameter and was starting to look at the cat funny. Fortunately, my biology teacher had a daughter who loved snakes. She had a big apartment and said she'd let him have the run of the place. And, being the daughter of a biology teacher, she had good access to food. I had to drive 30 miles to find a place that would sell me rodents.

Other than that, every other creature I've adopted has stayed with me for life. That's how it should be. They're family. In Lucifer's case, it was what was best for him.

And when the kids wake up I have to break the news to them about Clouseau and ask them to dig his burial pit. I'm not looking forward to that.