Oh, I'm so sorry about Marcie. Poor pigs and family.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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-t - Jul 05, 2022 10:53:54 am PDT #16103 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jesse - Jul 05, 2022 11:01:00 am PDT #16104 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So sorry, Zmayhems.
DavidS - Jul 05, 2022 11:02:07 am PDT #16105 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Prubs groomed Marcie for a bit. Then we put Marcie in the carrier. We'll find a corner for her in our new back yard.
JenP - Jul 05, 2022 11:34:00 am PDT #16106 of 30000
Oh, David, JZ, and Matilda, I am so sorry. And Prubs, I'm sorry for Prubs, too. Love to you all.
EpicTangent - Jul 05, 2022 11:40:26 am PDT #16107 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I'm so sorry, Zmayhems. It's so hard.
DavidS - Jul 05, 2022 11:53:38 am PDT #16108 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have a headache from crying.
Matilda has gone to earth in the garden apartment, probably back in bed and sorrowful. She always called Marcie, "My love." It was Marcie she picked originally and Prubs, the runt got scooped up after.
When Matilda held Marcie she liked to run up Matilda's shoulder and hide her face under Matilda's hair.
Guinea Pigs are weird. They're so dumb, but they still have such distinct personalities. Prubs is much more social, and came to the front of the cage eagerly to eat from your hand. Marcie was very grumpy about being picked up and chuddered with annoyance any time her butt got touched.
But Marcie was the one I'd hold on my shoulder in my old nerdhole, with the back door open. Marcie would lift her nose to the breeze and seemed rapt with the smells of the outside world. Prubs had no such interest.
And Marcie was a rare Guinea Pig who chirped and sang. I caught it on video a few times. Very pretty like birdsong. I think she sang out of longing for a mate that would never come. She was a very pretty pig, fat and glossy. Genuinely rather elegant (despite one eye that was slightly cocked and always looked alarmed).
She was a fussy, grumpy, elegant pig who sang with longing and yearned for the world. And she felt safe hidden under Matilda's hair.
I found a shovel in the back yard and found a corner I could dig up. JZ found a pretty bit of fabric to wrap her in. We'll place a flat rock over her grave and paint her name on it.
-t - Jul 05, 2022 12:06:32 pm PDT #16109 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is a sweet eulogy.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 05, 2022 12:35:14 pm PDT #16110 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm so sorry, David.
Scrappy - Jul 05, 2022 1:09:30 pm PDT #16111 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
So sorry, Zmayhems. As said above, it is so difficult to lose a pet.
JZ - Jul 05, 2022 1:15:52 pm PDT #16112 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
I knew she was in bad shape when I was stroking her nose to rump and she didn't chutter at me when I touched her back end. Poor lovely grouchy little lady. It just happened so fast.