Pets, Me & China:)

I am what they call an animal lover!!

You have to see me when there are animals around me!
From dogs, cats, to cows...I just love animals...
At one point in life..I so wanted to work in the Sandiago Zoo....!!
I think I might just try and volunteer sometime in my life:)

I have been in Shanghai for about 3 months now....
And I miss dog back in India.... I swear she is more human though!

I wanted to get myself a pet....Cause its just me!
I told me driver to take me someplace they sell pets..
So he took me to the cricket market on ' '....
It wasn't the best thing to look at...but still we ventured in!

One shop after the other...One could hear me getting louder and louder:)
"awww", "oh so cute!" so on and so forth!:)

My first pet in Shanghai believe it or not was a tiny little turtle...
A terrapin really..:)
But unfortunately he fell very ill and died...
I was really miserable for about three days...
After which I decided I needed another pet or else I would not be happy!

So then...I was back off to the Cricket market..With my driver...(who
loves this market....wants me to go there every week so he can go
too:)!)

There were so many animals there...
Puppy's who were just adorable....Cats and kitten's 'meowing' away in
there little cages...(but I wouldn't dare get a cat, my mother is not
a cat person!)
Birds of all sorts, different shapes and sizes and colours!!
Fish...!! the amount of fish and variety...!!
Frogs, Turtles, Roaches, different types of reptiles, Hamsters, Mice,
Rabbits, I mean you could find just about any animal there...and if
not...you just have to ask and people will manege to get one for you
somehow!

After roaming around for quite some time...I came across this side
stall where this lady had a huge cage full of little bunny rabbits!!
They were just so adorable...
White ones with pink eyes!!
Black ones, dark grey ones with patched of different colours.....
Amongst about 25 or so of them....There was this wittle bunny
wabbit...who was just the cutest!!
I didn't know if it was a he or a she, how old it was...All I knew is
it was just a replica of bugs bunny...The same grey colour....A white
belly and white socks on her paws:)
I knew the second I saw this bunny..It was going to be mine...
I made up my mind...
I was a bit weary because I wasn't too sure about the health...But I
did read about how to get your pet..and what all I must look out for
before buying.

The other thing about this market is that NO ONE speaks English...
None whatsoever...No calculators...(at least I didn't come across any)
So if you do go there...make sure you got someone who speak Chinese!

Anyhow...After I got her, I fixed an appointment with the vet to clear
doubts and wonder if I bought my pet from a decent place or not!
It wasn't really a pet store we're used to!
But I was told it was perfectly fine...and I had a very healthy little
bunny who was about 6-8 weeks old..and was a she!!

I named her Lola bunny and she has been the excitement of the house...
She gets all the loving one could ever want. My mother, who is not
much of an animal person really....wants to hold and pet her most of
the time! My father is always happy to give her some love, he is more
like me when it comes to animals...
And with me of course she is my baby!!
She makes me smile....she is just like a little baby...you hold her
for a little while and she falls asleep in my arms like a little
baby!!
Its such a good feeling...as soon as I open the door to come in the
room after I have left her....
I have this little thing running towards me...As though she's complaining...
Its nice to have her! She's always happy to see you!:)

She has got smiles to all of us.. And is so precious!!
Now comes the hard part of litter training her..and trust me....ITS NOT EASY!:)
But having a pet is sure worth it!

If you're an animal lover....I would suggest you just go down to the
market and have a walk around...Its not too big, not very clean either
but still worth a visit...
You get to see quite a few interesting animals there...all sorts of
pets people in China keep:)