can't open file

need help opening files in a function

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#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>


using namespace std;

void displayPets();


int main()
{

    char choice;

do
{

    displayPets;
    //addPets;


    cout<<"do you want to continue (Y/N)"<<endl;
    cin>>choice;
    choice = toupper(choice);


}while(choice != 'N');




    return 0;
}

void displayPets()
{
    string name;
    string breed;
    int age;

    ifstream fin;
    fin.open("C:MyPets.txt");
    if (fin.is_open())
    {
            //read from file

            while (isalnum(fin.peek()) )
            {
                getline(fin, name, '#');
                getline(fin, breed, '#');
                fin >> age;
                fin.ignore(1,'/n');
                cout<< name<<"\t"<<breed<<"\t"<<age<<"\n";
            }

    }
    else
    {
        cout<<"failed to open"<<endl;
    }

       fin.close();
}


Try "C:/MyPets.txt" with a '/' after the ':'
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