new love--Meep has competition.

As if it weren't bad enough that I spend all my time gathering these:

to feed these:

so they'll grow and shed:

and become these:
And free time on the weekends has been spent building a coop for these:

and commiserating with this guy over this: (evidence of gopher appetite)

Yesterday I came home with this:


Meep sized up the competition:

And apparently feels pretty secure there's enough love to go around.