Panda's First Smile
PandaPig's First Smile!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Calvin Gets A Surprise!
News travels fast! Auntie Lor-I-Kink and Popie-Pie
sent Calvin his Fave-O-Fave yellow peppers via
Cyberspace and he's all psyched for his Munch-Out!
Meanwhile, Yum-Yum is spreading rumors that Auntie
Lori is only trying to get him into yellow as a ruse
to convert him into a Steeler's fan...So we are waiting
to see what kind of black vegetable she comes up with to
complete his conversion from Seattle Seahawk to...
you know...that "other" team...THANK YOU FOR THE PEPPERS!
CALVIN LOVES HIM HIS PEPPERS!
Good luck with the black veggies, we can hardly wait to
see what PopiePie digs up in Lori's vegetable garden!
Monday, March 14, 2011
The drench Clever Hamsters jazz band - official ad
They may not be guinea pigs but they sure know how to "swing their thing!"
Thanks for sending us this, Kathy, it made us laugh and dance...
Just tell NO ONE we adopted another rescue today.
After the devastation of Japan and so many horrible things taking place
in the world, it was one small act of kindness, all we could give, to help
today be a better one for having given one precious life a loving home and
a new life. His name is Calvin. He is four. He is helping us in our grief,
as we have not stopped missing Erica...we never will, but perhaps the break
in our hearts will begin mending.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Now We Know What Coconut Looks Like!
Guinea pigs are littler cousins of wild capybaras and we
have never had one who looked more like a capy than our
precious Coconut!
She has been thriving since MacNutPie moved in with her
and the two are getting along beautifully, although they
both want the one cuddle cup and share well but looks
as if two cuddle cups are in their future.
Everyone is getting individual cuddle, snack, nail trims
this weekend and we rearranged the apartment to give them
more room for their Runabouts.
Still haven't cleaned out Erica's cage yet...working on it.
One day at a time. We are so grateful to Lori and all our
incredibly sweet loved ones who provided support during our
loss through cards, emails, phone calls, gifts, and CyberHugs.
Couldn't have done it without you! You have all been the wind
beneath our wings...
Love,
Count Pigula and his minions
not to mention his slave, Skatr and her coffee
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Sami, Chai's Gal Pal Merely Observes Her Bengal's Dramatic Behavior...
Sami is no slouch, a mangled, filthy, knotted, wild thing
we adopted when Chai could not stop grieving (nor could we)
for our beloved Yin, a Siamese who lived until nearly 20
years of age.
Chai, Bengal that he is, could only be consoled by a beasty
girl up for some fiery romance...(i.e. hissing, scratching,
howling, warning, leaping, swatting, smacking, chasing, and
stealing Chai's blanket, bed, food, you get the picture:
A True Romance!) and yet Chai still wails in the night for
some far distant land from which his not-distant-enough
ancestors once roamed free. He is descended from the Asian
Leopard Cat, just not quite descended enough generations,
and as for Sami? Somebody just found her walking down a
two-land blacktop north of Lake Washington, picked her up,
nobody ever came to claim her, but she was so wild by then
she was stuck in a garage alone for a year.
The Wild Ones have tamed one another, but not too much...
It's just that sometimes kitty love can be sweet, and right
now we are still grieving, unable to clean out Erica's cage
and coming up with every wild excuse not to. Because we are
sad. And that makes us miss our cats, and even Edwin, too.
TONIGHT WE MISS OUR CHAI...
Edwin reports that Chai once again
is struck by spring fever, waking
all in the household with his
plaintive wailing at 3am as if
ready to enter the jungle in search
of his soulmate.
Sami, his soulmate, merely sleeps
through the entire drama while Edwin
tries to calm him down to keep him
from waking the neighbors.
They live in Seattle but Chai lived
here until he realized he wasn't a
guinea pig and wanted his gal-pal.
Doesn't mean we don't miss them.
Raj and Something on the Guinea Pig Blanket
"MMMmmmm....." Raj murmured, pulling his head out
from within a vegetable to take a deep breath
before going back in again.
Monday, March 7, 2011
LOVE IS IN THE AIR...
Dear Friends, MODS, Country Men and Women, Ferrets, and Seattle Seahawks,
Since the recent passing of our beloved Erica last week, the herd has been
subdued and grieving, looking for her...not understanding...
The worst part is that when they did begin to understand, Coconut's grief
was so intense she simply stopped eating and drinking in an attempt to join
her best friend...
MacNutPie squealed bloody murder.
YumYum cried.
Raj and Taj Mahal just ran around tumping over their Pigloo,
wondering why.
But Coconut was at risk, for guinea pigs are known to die of grief
and not eating and drinking speeds that process up to just a few days...
In desperation, after a playful Runabout together, we did an experiment
because we had also noticed Coconut and MacNutPie consoling one another
through the bars of their cages...so we moved MacNut from his bachelor
pad into Coconut's cage...With trepidation.
So far, the two appear to be not only good room-mates, herd-mates, and
playmates, but we sense love in the air...
A spring wedding is already being planned and invitations will be sent
to all via fledging owlets, HORKS optional.
SQUEEE! Our First Wedding with Cake4all: a luscious Celery red-and-yellow
pepperPIE cake with carrot/kale frosting and beets a la wheatgrass!
(HORKS NOT OPTIONAL for two-legged attendees.)
It does not lessen our grief but love just saved two lives
and brightened our day!
Yours Always,
YumYum
P.S. I grieve by viciously attacking other guinea pigs.
So it doesn't look like I will be getting married, but
mom snuggles me a lot. And we watch Jackie Chan movies
together on the laptop. WOOT-WOOT!
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