In a slight change to the usual format, Library pets have hijacked the Q&A for Wellbeing week. First up, it’s Lucy’s menagerie: Mini, Ollie, Beryl & Edna.

If you’d like to submit your answers to the Q+A, fill out the template and send it to library.innovation@sussex.ac.uk, or get in touch with the Blog admins – Lizzy, Kate & Sam…

‘♪ Getting to know you your pets… ♪’

Tell us about yourself, where you live and with who…
I am Mini and on 1st August I will be 20 years old! I live with Lucy and Caroline, plus noisy squeaking guinea-pigs Beryl and Edna and Ollie the doodle who always escapes upstairs to try and make friends with me (no chance!).

What do you do all day while your owner is at work?
Every day I intend to tidy the house, dust and hoover, put some washing on and make dinner…, but actually I just sleep all day.

What is your favourite song?
‘The Lazy Song’ by Bruno Mars.

How do you support your owner’s wellbeing?
Having pets is supposed to increase a person’s life expectancy, so I intend to be around for at least another 8 years…they will just have to wait to use the lovely duvet covers they have bought.

What is your favourite food?
Caviar on a bed of lobster tail, topped with truffle shavings.

What keeps you awake at night?
Nothing.

How would you spend your paw-fect day?
Fast asleep under a folded up duvet (I like at least 35 togs above me!).

Who would play you in a film of your life?
The Wicked Witch of the West.

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Tell us about yourself, where you live and with who…
I am Ollie, a 10 year old labradoodle and I simply love life!  

I live with my beautiful, witty and amazing owners Lucy and Caroline. I also share my home with Mini the cat (we have an upstairs v’s downstairs arrangement) and my insta-famous guinea-pig sisters Beryl and Edna.

What do you do all day while your owner is at work?
Wait…(and go out with my buddies on a dog walk).

What is your favourite song?
‘I’m so excited’ by The Pointer Sisters.

How do you support your owner’s wellbeing?
I keep them fit by regularly doing a Houdini on our walks and make them laugh every day by wagging my tail every time they stop stroking me…this can go on for many hours…

What is your favourite food?
Chicken, closely followed by fox poo.

What keeps you awake at night?
The moon…I am also known as ‘Moon Boy’ and like to get Lucy and Caroline up so I can stare at it when it is full.

How would you spend your paw-fect day?
Get up, go for a walk, breakfast, sleep, lunch, beach swim, sleep, run around lots during the ‘witching hour’, dinner, sleep.

Who would play you in a film of your life?
Peter Kay.

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Tell us about yourself, where you live and with who…
We are guinea-pigs Beryl and Edna and we are 4 1/2 years old. We live with Lucy and Caroline and allow them to be part of our social media fame. Check us out on Instagram @berylandedna. 

What do you do all day while your owner is at work?
Eat, sleep, poo, repeat.

What is your favourite song?
‘Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat’ by Fat Boy Slim.

How do you support your owner’s wellbeing?
We make them and lots of other people smile with our weekly photos.

What is your favourite food?
Edna: bran, I just can’t get enough.
Beryl: bran, if I can get Edna out of the way.

What keeps you awake at night?
Eating bran.

How would you spend your paw-fect day?
Private jet to Necker Island for a pedicure, haircut and massage.

Who would play you in a film of your life?
Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis in Thelma and Louise.

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