That was some FINE story tellin there Elle!!
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I thought about a Monitor once but living where I do, MMMMMMnnnnn NO. Just wouldn't work. It's just too Citified here.

The most I had at one time was 6 and they kept me hopping all day long with the feeding and the baths and just generalized trouble-making.
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You KNOW I'm just kidding.

I too had an amputee. A horney and very energetic little male was tormenting a female 5 times his size. I mistakenly put them in the tub together. Well, needless to say, I came back and she had BITTEN OFF ONE OF HIS FEET.!!!
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I was horrified!!
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But he was just kind of too stupid to notice. He just kept running around on the stump.
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He did die about 6 months after that, from what I have no idea. He seemed healthy.
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