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Hello friends,

I'm having a great morning. We got green leaf lettuce and pepper and I popcorned and let out a huge squeal.

Mom accidentally gave us way too much hay last night and is going to clean our cages and throw it away. We're not complaining.

We get those darn health checks today. I'm down to being weighed weekly.

Mom has today off and works long shifts three days in a row.

She's planning a trip to France! It's going to cost a thousand dollars to board all three pets at the vet.
 
That's good, I think Mommy Slave could do with a holiday overseas after all of her hard work.
Health checks 😁 my bottom is nice and clean. My nose was brown for a while but MS was tired and just left me to sort it out either my paw, which I did. We got a handful of fresh grass and dandelion yesterday, but not too much as we are not used to it. I think it is good for thectummybin the right amount. Truffle wanted more but MS had to be firm 🙅‍♀️
 
Truffolo said:
That's good, I think Mommy Slave could do with a holiday overseas after all of her hard work.
Health checks 😁 my bottom is nice and clean. My nose was brown for a while but MS was tired and just left me to sort it out either my paw, which I did. We got a handful of fresh grass and dandelion yesterday, but not too much as we are not used to it. I think it is good for thectummybin the right amount. Truffle wanted more but MS had to be firm 🙅‍♀️
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Oh dear, the typos 😋
 
Truffolo said:
That's good, I think Mommy Slave could do with a holiday overseas after all of her hard work.
Health checks 😁 my bottom is nice and clean. My nose was brown for a while but MS was tired and just left me to sort it out either my paw, which I did. We got a handful of fresh grass and dandelion yesterday, but not too much as we are not used to it. I think it is good for thectummybin the right amount. Truffle wanted more but MS had to be firm 🙅‍♀️
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Mom lived in France six years and hasn't been in fifteen years. It just never worked out. She used to speak French without an accent but although she is still fluent, she speaks it with an American accent now. This has been confirmed by a French customer at the bookstore. But her grammar is perfect. An accent in French is less charming than in English.

She's gonna worry her butt off about us!
 
Mom's like, hello..I just bought a ten dollar bag of that forage, aren't you going to eat it? I'll get to it.

Just a little popcorn today as I'm too busy at the fresh hay pile. I ate almost all the hay she gave me last night! It was a lot.

My weight was down 20 grams. Back to being weighed twice a week.

She's hoping to get out of work early today.
 
Couinen couine! We're practicing wheeking in French, you never know when you might need it🐾 🎶 🇨🇵
Humans pray for bread, guinea pigs pray for hay! Mommy slave is glad it's Friday but she doesn't popcorn to show it, she smiles. Guinea pigs can smile but it's very subtle. We save our energy for popcorning 😄
I hope the scale says good things about your weight Stripe. Boarding with the vet is very sensible so that you can get the care you need. I am sure Mommy Slave will be checking for messages alot 📳but hopefully they will all be good ones.
 
The cat will be on anxiety meds. He has to board with the dogs because of his FIV. Mom's never left him and he has had urinary issues with separation anxiety when she was gone too many hours.

Mom's going to print out care sheets for all of us.
 
Mom said at the bookstore they are ahead of schedule so she doesn't have to go in tomorrow! Today she might be able to leave early but the staff is having dinner across the street and she might go. Even though it would make a really long day.

She said Wednesday is the ribbon cutting and grand opening. She's going although she doesn't work, don't worry she'll be there for the zoom meeting but she might have to do the zoom meeting in her car.

The bookstore opening was in the newspaper.

I'm being coy because it's so early, not ready to come out of my hide.

Mom can't wait to go to France, she's going to watch a film and see if there's any Iranian films playing while she's there. She's got an ok budget but can't spend tons
 
Exciting! Imagine if people popcorned what a lot of jumping there would be at the new bookstore, well done Mom 🏆 Mais oui, ce (must be) serai tellemente belle, La Paris aux printemps. Enjoy the films!
 
Ramia said:
Mom said at the bookstore they are ahead of schedule so she doesn't have to go in tomorrow! Today she might be able to leave early but the staff is having dinner across the street and she might go. Even though it would make a really long day.

She said Wednesday is the ribbon cutting and grand opening. She's going although she doesn't work, don't worry she'll be there for the zoom meeting but she might have to do the zoom meeting in her car.

The bookstore opening was in the newspaper.

I'm being coy because it's so early, not ready to come out of my hide.

Mom can't wait to go to France, she's going to watch a film and see if there's any Iranian films playing while she's there. She's got an ok budget but can't spend tons
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Do mum bring you to the ribbon-cut? Chez can rip the ribbon with his toothies and you can do a big popcorn-show Stripe!

I do my best making slave very exhausted right now. Me and Joe are both very pleased with life right now. We have allt of energy. Thing is Joe is not as hyper like me. He popcorns alot but he doesn't go full demolition or jumps and do bodyslams. The grids shakes and tonight the whole house woke up when the grids just gave up. Slave chased me around the living room around 4am.

Its very important to compensate that lack of sleep. I was sun-bathing earlier today and took a death nap with closed eyes. Slave thought I had a stroke and woke me up. She said thats kharma and we're even now. What?! I was asleep!

But I'm still the sweetest boy ever and gives away kisses for free everytime slave says "puss puss" (kiss kiss). Joe doesn't. He's like "omg you're for real?" and runs the opposite direction. Hes a bit rude.

Love to my survivor friends,
Mister Grand Bodyslam
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(Old pic. That was me my very first day at home. I gained 900g. I think thats amazing of me!)
 
4am, oh priceless🥰 Slave gets some floor time too 😉❤️ Truffle sometimes gives a kiss (twice a year) but likes gentle strokes. I sometimes let MS stroke my forehead, but no further, ah ah, no! Truffle lets her stroke his back 😯
 
Truffolo said:
4am, oh priceless🥰 Slave gets some floor time too 😉❤️ Truffle sometimes gives a kiss (twice a year) but likes gentle strokes. I sometimes let MS stroke my forehead, but no further, ah ah, no! Truffle lets her stroke his back 😯
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I love kisses and strokes on my head/around my face. I get a bit jumpy if slave strokes my back, but if I'm in my cuddlebox with a blankie on top of me I can really enjoy a full body massage (slave is always asking why she's petting a blankie and not the piggy). For me the cuddle box is more of a hang out-box, I love to just hang out, talk and get some treats. Joe is the cuddlemaster. He starts to stare alot when he thinks its cuddle o'time and slave can do whatever and he just relaxes (well, not fix hair.)

Slave loves floortime. When she's not sleeping 😅
 
exia said:
Do mum bring you to the ribbon-cut? Chez can rip the ribbon with his toothies and you can do a big popcorn-show Stripe!

I do my best making slave very exhausted right now. Me and Joe are both very pleased with life right now. We have allt of energy. Thing is Joe is not as hyper like me. He popcorns alot but he doesn't go full demolition or jumps and do bodyslams. The grids shakes and tonight the whole house woke up when the grids just gave up. Slave chased me around the living room around 4am.

Its very important to compensate that lack of sleep. I was sun-bathing earlier today and took a death nap with closed eyes. Slave thought I had a stroke and woke me up. She said thats kharma and we're even now. What?! I was asleep!

But I'm still the sweetest boy ever and gives away kisses for free everytime slave says "puss puss" (kiss kiss). Joe doesn't. He's like "omg you're for real?" and runs the opposite direction. Hes a bit rude.

Love to my survivor friends,
Mister Grand Bodyslam
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(Old pic. That was me my very first day at home. I gained 900g. I think thats amazing of me!)
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What a beautiful photo 🥰
 
Whoop whoop whoop! Mom has five days off in a row! Plus she will no longer need to get up at 5 because the store is done being set up. No more early veg.

I just found my pellets.

She pretended to top off the hay with a tiny handful because we already had so much. Is there a rule against that?
 
The invisible hay / pretend hay administration clause could be triggered. Best to consult Miss Bramble for advice. I think it is estimated on the basis of how full the guinea pig's tummy is (and as we know, a guinea pig's tummy is always in need of filling 😉)
 
Dear Stripe

I understand that your Slave is being stingy with hay. I really don't understand what you mean by "top off the hay with a tiny handful because we already had so much." Doesn't she realise that hay makes up most of our diet? We always need hay. Fortunately, we have our Slave well trained and there is always hay, hay and more hay and even more hay than that for us to stuff our faces with. You can never have enough hay. Hay is also a good source of enrichment as you can hide in it, make hay tunnels in it, eat your way into a hay nest, fall asleep in a hay food coma and then wake up and eat your way back out again. Your Slave, if trained well enough, will also hide pellets, veggies and forage in it so you can play our favourite game which is hunt for food. We also like to eat hay that we have peed and pooped on as we sometimes like our hay with that extra bit of "seasoning".

To ensure you have enough hay in the future you must:-
  • Wheek loudly whenever she touches the hay bag to make sure enough hay is forthcoming
  • When she picks you up deposit a load of poops followed by a long wee down her cleavage if you don't think you have been given enough hay
  • First thing in the morning wake her up with a REALLY LOUD "wake up we need breakfast" wheek and don't stop until she's come in bleary eyed and given you lots of yummy hay and whatever it is she gives you for breakfast.
I trust the above brings satisfactory results.

Your friend in a crisis

Miss Bramble
Shop Steward
 
We just had our cages cleaned and health and weight checks. Glad to say my weight is staying at about 1 kilo. Chez is zooming because he loves a clean cage. He was wiggly for his health check but we both passed.

I get a fresh pine cone today.

I actually nipped when she was putting me back in the cage because it wasn't fast enough.

Mom got a new bottle of metacam last week and I ran out of my first bottle today. I guess it lasted about ten weeks and it was $40. Not bank breaking.

Mom's going to do her taxes today and hopefully get a refund in a couple months.

She saw a ticket to France for only $1000 so hopefully her work okays the time off request so she can snag that up. That's half the price she was expecting.
 
Betsy said:
Dear Stripe

I understand that your Slave is being stingy with hay. I really don't understand what you mean by "top off the hay with a tiny handful because we already had so much." Doesn't she realise that hay makes up most of our diet? We always need hay. Fortunately, we have our Slave well trained and there is always hay, hay and more hay and even more hay than that for us to stuff our faces with. You can never have enough hay. Hay is also a good source of enrichment as you can hide in it, make hay tunnels in it, eat your way into a hay nest, fall asleep in a hay food coma and then wake up and eat your way back out again. Your Slave, if trained well enough, will also hide pellets, veggies and forage in it so you can play our favourite game which is hunt for food. We also like to eat hay that we have peed and pooped on as we sometimes like our hay with that extra bit of "seasoning".

To ensure you have enough hay in the future you must:-
  • Wheek loudly whenever she touches the hay bag to make sure enough hay is forthcoming
  • When she picks you up deposit a load of poops followed by a long wee down her cleavage if you don't think you have been given enough hay
  • First thing in the morning wake her up with a REALLY LOUD "wake up we need breakfast" wheek and don't stop until she's come in bleary eyed and given you lots of yummy hay and whatever it is she gives you for breakfast.
I trust the above brings satisfactory results.

Your friend in a crisis

Miss Bramble
Shop Steward
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Dear miss Bramble,

Yes, she had given us too much so she didn't see the need to give more. Don't worry we were still munching it twelve hours later and now we have a clean cage and fresh pile.
 
Truffolo said:
You have a very loving, caring herd, you are lucky ❤️
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its easy to be loving around a boy like me. My family should be so happy they found me! When they picked me up from my fosterfamily I was living with two crazy birds. I loved to have a sing-a-long with them. Slave was amazed when she saw it. I didnt hide or get stressed at all, and fostermum said the birds started to sing everytime I yelled for food. Slave was totally sold after my sing-a-long and took me home and I surprise my family everyday with new and funny things.

Joe: my tooth-dilemma took some of my weight. Its been standing pretty much at the same (2030g) until now. I'm going up up up! 2070g yesterday. Slave called me "little minipig"! I dont know how many times I have to tell her that Kongo really is mister pork chops and I'm a kinda big Guinea pig? She's blind.

When I tried to be a ninja. Brother Bob only won because of those big feets. Five minutes later we were best friends again. Sweet teenagetime ❤️😅
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