Pets of Carriage Cove

My Frog Known as Logan

[Named after Wolverine because of his obstinance and constantly deployed claws.] - This daring adventurer managed to leap of two heavily convexed bowls and around the apartment for hours before anyone noticed. The first time was a month ago. He leaped out of the giant fish bowl when the lights went out. Fortunately, I was still awake at 2am when he hopped into my room. I was watching a show about dangerous animals on the History Channel when out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of a creepy thing smashing itself against my dresser. His amphibious body was no longer wet but covered in fuzz like a used sticky-hand one gets out of a toy dispenser. I quickly threw him into a fresh bowl of water and the filth dispersed across the surface. Once he cleaned himself up a bit, I put him in smaller, more curved bowl.

Logan made his second successful escape yesterday afternoon. I still don't know how he did it. I first noticed Logan's disappearance while preparing to have some friends over for dinner. Brian and I checked every corner of the apartment searching for a hint of evidence pointing toward Logan's trail, but to no avail. He probably made it outside, I thought to myself. My hope of ever seeing Logan again [alive] hovered around 2% for the rest of the evening. I went to the gym later that night. When I returned home around midnight, I found a sticky note on the counter that said, "LOGAN LIVES!" I found out later, that Brian found him by the kitchen trash bin when he came out to get a drink of water. Logan has suffered some superficial injuries and was still covering in hair, but I think he will regenerate quickly. To ensure that he doesn't escape again, I've covered his bowl with cellophane.

Norman The Strong

The day I thought I had lost Logan forever, Norman, one of my larger goldfish, suddenly revealed stroke symptoms and started floating on his side near the surface of his bowl. Great! Two dead pets in one day! It's been 30 hours now, and he is maintaining shallow breathing at various depths. He refuses to eat but is receptive to stimulus outside his bowl. [I segregated him so that the other goldfish didn't think it would be cool to die too.]

The Other Fish

Brain, Thing 1 and 2 and Xray are still as active and hungry as ever. This is the first time they've all shared the same bowl. I think they like it. I even put Logan in with them for a bit while I was cleaning his smaller bowl and all the fish ganged up on him and tried to suck on his toes.