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Friday, January 22, 2010

Better Parenting through Electronic Pets

I think I have spotted a new parenting trend: The electronic pet.

After scoring 2 zhu-zhus for Amie,
-{which I knew nothing about because we don't watch commercials...Amazon happened to suggest it when I was shopping, and I thought they were cute, and came with accessories and the original price was okay...and then I saw they were not in stock and what the going price was...yikes!!! Triple yikes!! -so then I realized they were the toy of the season.
Still wanted one.
But not at $50.
And I was not going to stalk Toys R Us for them, either.
Instead, I had my BFF pick them up for me in Singapore. Score!!} -

I digress...well, after obtaining- through divine grace, 2 zhu-zhu pets for Amie, I was pleasantly surprised to find that they move, and make cute little noises.

Amie was delighted

She promptly set up a little habitat for them, complete with improvised water bottle and cute little zhu-zhu exercise wheel (I told you they had accessories!!)

I saw her little zhu-zhu world, and cue angels singing,
I had a revelation. Why- oh -why did I ever dare tread into the world of real-life guinea pigs and aquarium fishies?? Why?

Why?

The guinea pigs were real cute, but
Guess who cleaned the cage out every few days because she could not take the stink?

you'd be right.

Enter the electronic pet. No smell.
No bedding to be changed, cleaned. No food to buy. No fresh crickets to buy (that would be for the gecko) no costly end of life decisions (don't ask me how much a vet visit for a guinea pig costs...don't)

Then I remembered C Jane's big revelation about her son's new pet, Mao the cat*

and I knew I was onto a brilliant trend

better parenting through electronic pets...
I'm a convert.

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posted at 10:40 PM
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5 Comments:

At 11:01 PM, Marylin said...: So timely is this post!! We are about to buy two rats tomorrow and now I am wishing I would have seen these first!! Dang!! :)
At 8:52 PM, Urban Mom said...: I love it!! Brilliant idea!!!
At 12:21 PM, S.I.F. said...: The zhu zhu pets freak me out for reasons I can't even explain! Sometihng about any electronic rodent that just sends chills up my spine! Still, my brother and I had hamsters growing up, and the pooped and peed in our hands (gross) sometimes nipped at us (owww) and kept popping out babies unexpectadely (and if we didn't seperate them right away when this happened, the "daddy" would eat the babies... not a lesson kids need to learn!) So, the point is, I guess I see their merits over the real things!
At 10:32 AM, Hen Jen said...: Marylin,

don't doooo it!!! (I have heard that rats are very clean and don't smell, tho...let us know!)

S.I.F.

they are really cute, they make these beeping noises and funny slipping sound effects...really fun, you'd like them!
At 11:12 PM, Janae Moss said...: haha funny! I wrote a post about our zoo zoo pets. That's how I spell it anyway :) We had major issues with all of our hair getting stuck in the wheels on the bottom so be careful! I had to cut it out of my hair!! But no poop...big toss up.
Thanks for being my only linky friend haha. I don't have time to advertise it in the summer!!
xoxo

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