That was fast...

Peter's pet guinea pig died over the weekend; he was very sad the day it happened, but between taking some time to veg over video games and blogging about it (I was so proud!), he bounced back fairly quickly.

And is now lobbying for a lizard.

Yep, a slimy (ok, so I know they're not really), scaly reptile.

I thought a rodent in the kitchen was bad! Do I really want a reptile ANYWHERE in my house? I'm just not sure....

Initially he said he wanted a gecko, I think a leopard gecko specifically. Not sure (I have to admit I'm not good on the various families, genuses and species of the Reptile class. Or order. Or Phylla, or whatever the heck it is. (Aside: I do, however, remember that the order of nomenclature for, uh, everything I guess is Kingdom, Phylla, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Funny what sticks with you from 7th grade science.....)

Anyway, so he initially was talking small lizards, but then threw out an iguana, which:

• Sounds too much like guano (yuck!)
• Reminds me of Mexican Radio by Wall of Voodoo (I wish I was in Tiajuana....), and Peter would get mad if I talked about barbecuing his pet
• I'm thinking is just WAY to big a reptile to .... exist, probably. Certainly to share a house with.

So, I dunno. I've told him to find out the answers to various questions I have: how long do they live, how hard is it to regulate their temperature (cold blooded little beasts), how prone to carrying disease are they, how often do their cages need cleaning.... We'll see after that.

But seriously, reptiles? He's such a boy!