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Jun 18, 2021Liked by Pallavi Aiyar

Aha! So Swami was my first baby, named after Swami from Malgudi Days. He, quite literally, was the love of my life and the first creature to unconditionally love and accept me with my panic attacks. We were a very emotionally dysfunctional and attached pair! Chinni came along a couple of years after my first human baby, and we got Rowdy in 2015 when Swami passed on. Not content with just dogs, we decided to add Rukku and Raghu the bunnies to our barn at the same time as Rowdy. We had asked the Rabbit rescue for a boy and girl, hence Rukku and Raghu, but a year later the Vet confirmed they were both girls!! The names have stuck though!! I'm ready now for a host of barnyard pets- goats, horses, pigs, chickens etc, but the spouse has threatened to make me choose between him and the furbabies if I bring any more home. Alas, I need his income!!!

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