Snickerspants Vol. 7: A New Day

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AldenM1
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Post   » Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:52 pm


We lost Mr. Steve yesterday. I'd post pictures but Photobucket sucks. We're all sad... Steve was a good guy, and the girls are squabbling like they miss him.

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Lynx
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Post   » Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:32 pm


:-( I bet they do miss him. You all have my sympathy.

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daisymay
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Post   » Wed Aug 23, 2017 3:50 am


Again I am sorry for your lost of Steve. Sending you all big hugs! He'll always be with you!

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Post   » Sat Aug 26, 2017 9:32 am


I'm so sorry to hear of Steve's passing. :(

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snowflakey
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Post   » Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:06 pm


I'm late on this, but so sorry to hear about Steve.

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AldenM1
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Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2018 10:38 am


In the interest of record-keeping, I'm back to note that we lost Miss Truvy L'il Pouf this weekend. Yes, Truvy -- barely two years old, although no longer the tiny little Butterbean she was when SlaveToFuzzy dispatched me to rescue a "hamster" from the local dog shelter. She was a good girl, quiet and mostly self-sufficient, although she did like playing with Rosalynn occasionally. And Sunday morning she was just dead. I had a necropsy done and it shows heart disease. The vet also noted that her stomach was full, which I'm actually finding very comforting, because it means she wasn't even feeling sick enough to be picky at dinner time. She ate well, I turned off the lights for bed, and she... turned off the lights.

I don't know if Photobucket will even let me upload new pictures, so here's one from back on page 4 when I discovered this little miracle of pouf and was worried that she might have a penis. :)

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Another side-story of some humor: I never saw Truvy bully anybody, although she did quietly get the best spots a lot of the time, even better than Rosalynn (who is an overt bully!). But I did see Truvy manage Ferguson, who was deeply interested in her tufty hair. He presented Cici as a portfolio example of his good work keeping long hair short and evenly trimmed. He tried with some regularity, too: I would often find green smears on Truvy's flanks. But they'd be smears on long tufts of hair. I saw her nose him away a couple of times. She never bit or attacked or even rumbled. She just sort of ... DOMINATED him away from her hair at all times. And therefore as of Saturday afternoon she still had curls, kept shortish only by *my* attentions (which I did because she got dreadlocky so fast and wasn't a fan of combing, so a periodic shearing worked best for us). She also had two lovely long shoulder tufts in the nature of a texel. But obviously, by the time I collected her remains on Sunday, she had been given a very professional and tidy haircut, top to bottom. And I'm pretty sure that if we'd examined the contents of Ferguson's stomach, it would have been 100% hair!

bpatters
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Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2018 11:04 am


I'm so sorry, Alden. She was such a cutie, and I'm sure you'll miss her.

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mmeadow
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Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:19 pm


I'm so sorry.

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Lynx
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Post   » Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:36 pm


What a lovely and memorable girl. With a quiet but definite presence. I am sorry you lost her. You have my sympathy.

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GrannyJu1
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Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:31 am


Aww, geez, AldenM1. I'm so VERY sorry about her loss. I fell in love on day 1 of seeing her picture. It sounds like she had inner beauty & strength to go along with her outer cuteness. Heart disease at 2 years of age. I hate that we lose our little loved ones so early.

Rest in peace, Miss Truvy L'il Pouf. You are loved and missed.

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daisymay
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Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:32 am


I am truly sorry for your lost. A comfort that she went in her sleep and didn't suffer. Think of her popcorning in paradise and munching on green grass. RIP in Peace little! Another angel got her wings. Sending big hugs.

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pigjes
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Post   » Wed Jul 04, 2018 1:05 am


I am so sorry! Glad that she died in her sleep. We all see too many pigs struggle anyway.

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