Welcome to Squeaky...

[fajrdrako]

There is, for the time being, another resident in my household. There's me, the three budgies, and now a little furry creature named Squeaker. She is said to be a guinea pig, but I'll swear she's a mutant tribble. She has the mutant power of mesmerizing people to sit cuddling and petting her (and feeding her bits of carrots) ad infinitim. She has already used her wicked wiles of cuteness on me and maaboroshi, to good effect.

Soft, too. Tan-brown fur with reddish patches. Bright red eyes with reflect the light so they look as if they're glowing, like Gambit. When I look at pictures of guinea pigs online, they don't seem to have red eyes. I knew it! A mutant tribble.

Comments

Awwww...

[idiotgrrl.livejournal.com]

Cute little bugger, I'll bet.

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

Honey has red eyes in the light, black otherwise. I want a photo!!!!!! Honey wants to see. :(

[lmondegreen.livejournal.com]

eee! I love guinea pigs :-) Congrats to the whole family!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

What fun! Please pet her for me! Also - what are the names of the birds? For nearly 14 years, we had a lovely green budgie called Magnus, who used to speak with my father's voice.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

Piggies! They're so sweet.

[wijsgeer.livejournal.com]

I am reminded of a quarter finished manuscript I have on file somewhere. It featured genetically engineered creatures of ultra cuteness, when you saw it you wanted to pet it and when you did it took over your brain (at least overcame your resistance and you were basically drugged and did everything you were sugested).

I don't trust cuteness, it is a devlish weapon!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

...And in the Andes, are a popular source of food.

O/T

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Tried to phone to congratulate on Squeaky's arrival in household - is the internet connection on same line? Couldn't get through.

[countrycousin.livejournal.com]

We had custody of a pair while DW was teaching school. We loved them. They soon learned to associate the opening of the refrigerator door with the likelihood that they might get lots of veggies, so every time the refrigerator door opened they took care to remind us that they were there. Squeaky, I'm sure, is an appropriate name.

Re: Awwww...

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Very cute. Cuddled in my lap and purred - well, made tribble noises - while I was watching TV.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I will dust off my camera and take a photo for Honey, I promise.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Want to come visit Squeaker? It can be arranged!

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Please pet her for me!

I will certainly do that.

what are the names of the birds?

The blue one is Logan.
The green one is Gambit.
The white one is Pryde.

<>For nearly 14 years, we had a lovely green budgie called Magnus, who used to speak with my father's voice.

Aww, how clever! And it fits my pattern of naming budgies after my favourite members of the X-Men - Magneto is often called Magnus.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

A total sweetheart. So gentle! After rambunctious budgies, I'm not used to sweet-natured pets. Not that the budgies aren't adorable, you understand. Just... headstrong.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

While in Australia, budgies used to be a popular source of food, though there can't be too many mouthfuls in a budgie.

There probably aren't many creatures who aren't good to eat.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

The guinea pig has taken over my brain! That explains a lot.

Re: O/T

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Ther shouldn't be a problem... no, the Internet is a cable connection. My phone seems fine. Odd!

Squeaky says "squeak" which I think means, "thanks for the thought"!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Yes: the whole edible songbird thing seems too fiddly for me. Too much work for too little reward. I can't be bothered with chicken-wings for that reason.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes, I am told that Squeaky reacts loudly to the sound of carrots being chopped. She is currently sleeping but I'm sure she'd wake up pretty fast if some carrot-chopping were to happen. I gave her spinach for supper and it disappeared surprisingly fast.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Too much work for too little reward.

That's sort of the principle of grande cuisine the world over.

I can't be bothered with chicken-wings for that reason.

I like them if they have the right sort of sauce. But they're more like snacking than like real food.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Magnus was so named by Dad, who decided for some unfathomable reason (I suspect connected with reading George MacKay Brown) that he was a "Viking budgerigar".
We got him when I was 9, and he lived until I was a post-grad. He sang South of the Border, Down Mexico Way with a Rothesay accent, would play-fight with fingers, and ride on a miniature field-gun on wheels, which we would push along on the carpet on his 'out' excursions (with windows and doors closed and reflective surfaces covered, for safety). I wept for at least 2 hours when my parents wrote to tell me he'd died. (They couldn't bring themselves to do it over the phone, as my grandmother was visiting at the time and it would have upset her, as she had lost her budgie, too.)

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

I like decent, solid food. Not too many bones.
If I say "I could eat a horse", I mean it: I had some lovely braised horse in Asti (red wine and mushroom sauce, washed down with a glass of Barbera d'Alto Monferrato). I also tried a delicious Mounfrinn delicacy, agnolotti al asino - a speciality of the village of Quarto, apparently (where the trobador Raimbaut de Vacqueiras and Boniface once got Albert de Malaspina out of a scrape when he was unhorsed in battle!). Agnolotti is the name in those parts for ravioli-type stuffed pasta. And yes, al asino means just what you think... Alas, poor Eeyore! But he tastes damn good! ;-D

[monsieureden.livejournal.com]

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

The problem was the BT exchange, I think - I got occasional messages that the "system was busy" and couldn't connect. However, once I did get through, it was delightful to talk! It's always good to find other people to fangirl over adorable mediæval types...!
And the birdlets sounded delightful!
Cuddles to Squeaky.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

he was a "Viking budgerigar".

How very cool! I picture him with a fierce horned helmet, like Asterix with feathers. (Yes, I know Asterix wasn't a Viking and I believe Vikings didn't wear horned helmets, but it's still a great image.)

ride on a miniature field-gun on wheels

Oh dear. Now my little guys want their own miniature field-gun. What is it with budgies and artillery? My budgies' favourite moment in television is when they bring out the cannon on Horatio Hornblower and Horatio (or Bush or someone) shouts "Fire!" and then BOOM. Much budgie joy every time.