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Friday, February 24, 2012

SHARED CUSTODY? NOT SO FAST!

Yesterday I wasn't feeling well and giving them their antibiotics and fresh food, water, hay, and the like (with lots of love time) was all I could manage but, boy was Bhindi out of sorts! He kept gnashing on his bars and pulling them back and forth the way
Coconut did when she wanted to run around with the boys and
couldn't if any one of them was not neutered and Edwin nicknamed
her "Black Douglas" because he always imagined her on that 
battlefield alongside "Braveheart" fighting to free Scotland.
(The same way when he came here to free my apartment
years of repressive chaos and clutter and he spoke these
unforgettable words, much the same Douglas McArthur 
did when he freed Edwin's native Homeland, the Philipinnes
of Japanese tyranny during World War II.) Edwin dramatically opened the front door much like Zorro would have, to save the day, looked around, didn't bother to even put
his backpack down: He Saw. He left. 
I said: "Where are you going? I thought you
came to help me?" (This was, after all, Presidents
Day, a day off...)
"I need a haircut."
And off he went.
Seriously.
Later, he renamed Bhindi "Mangosteen" and took
out a lot of garbage and did some cleaning then
 returned to Seattle. A grand time was had by all,
particularly MangoWHOZIT?

The point is...yesterday, Bhindi-Steen hadn't had 
any magical Vinny time and I hadn't even noticed.
Last night I remembered, placed Vinny in his
cage, the two played chase until I started falling
asleep, and Vinny went back into YumYum's
cage to sleep with him in their sleeping bag,
the one that saved their lives by keeping
them warm and by a Miracle having their
cage placed away from the others'
and so far, they are running about 
with more energy than I HAVE!

ON  MONDAY we expect to receive a generous gift of
the same pen you see on the top-left, the one shared by 
YumYum and VinnyGuinea with lots of space and no top.
 It can even be connected to the new one with a (very strong) divider (or three or ten) to keep the two males from actually
fighting while each can rub noses with Vinny when he
is in the other cage. Meanwhile, they love the configuration
of tiny, narrow mazes, large lanes, huts, boxes, cuddle cups,
hay, water, food, and lots of paw-print fleece lining their
playground and each has an abundance of time to share
with VinnyGuinea now that I understand how valuable it
is to each pig to be with him. FAVORITE OF FAVORITES:
THE ONE AND ONLY MAGIC CARROT!!!!!!!
(THANK YOU, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!) 
VINNY SCOOTS UP AND DOWN EL RAPIDO
 LIKE A SLIDING BOARD AND IT MUST
BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED!)
My nurse came today and saw them doing their
NASCAR RACE-AROUND-YUM-YUM'S-CAGE
since I had just put them in their Runabout
and she could not stop laughing!
Now that's a good nurse!
thank you for all your love...
hope to make it to Molly Movie Night if no migraine,
You have all given me a new definition of the
word "friend" to which I now aspire...


love,
to all of you
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5 comments:

  1. Good heavens, all those cages, bedding, etc., look like more than a full time job. I don't have that much energy, even on a good day!

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  2. Baby Vinny/Ginny is getting lots of love from his/her dads. hared custody is the way to go. Yummy is giving quiet sage wisdom and Bhindi is the playtime dad. Win/Win

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  3. what a wonderful meeri-scenery ....
    it must be great to live there ....
    and to jump around .....
    have a happy life together ... my lovelies.
    MORE LOVE FOR YOU ALL ....
    and all the best !!!

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  4. Looks like there's plenty of room there for a little ME! And lots of exciting toys and things to play with . . . I might be round after tea, or supper . . . or after cuddles . . . we'll see! Fairy xxxxx

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  5. We have a dog den full of huge crates that we sleep in, with cuddly blankets and orthopedic pads. But your space is much more colorful than ours is. MOM! How come the piggies have a decorator and we don't???

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