[Gpdd] [GPDD] Silly - LAPS Qualifiers and apprentices

[Susi Eastin]

Theresa – Congratulations on the new baby!  And congratulations 
  to Cupcake on qualifying for LAPS!  Only the very elite of the OP’s 
  have qualified for this fine group – quite an honor, indeed!  Oh, and 
  our own Bullett wants to know, does Cupcake get one of those 
  special patrol belts to wear while she’s on patrol duty?  He’s seen 
  them at the school crossings, and thinks they’re really cool.  He 
  was working on qualifying for LAPS, but has had a setback. It seems 
  he has overworked his front teeth, and they are loose!  So now he is 
  being hand-fed all sorts of treats to placate him (well, he was until 
  I caught him eating on his own!).  
   
  Bullett, by the way, gave us quite a scare last night.  When I 
  discovered the tooth dilemma, I carried him to the couch, all 
  pampered on a folded bath towel, small bits of cut up treats in 
  a cup. After hand feeding him until he seemed full, I set him 
  down, giving him a little spot to hide in under a blankie if he 
  chose, and went back to finish tending to the other piggies. 
  (Dude will obediently sit there all day!)  Well, when I came 
  back, Bullett was GONE!  So I frantically searched all over til 
  after 2 am.  Finally, I laid down for a while, leaving the lights 
  on for him. Everytime I heard anything I’d jump up, calling him 
  and looking high and low. 
  Then I woke up at 5 am, and resumed the search. After moving
  2 couches, several sheets of wallboard and various other items, 
  crawling around on the floor with a flashlight, and calling him til 
  I nearly lost my voice, I finally brought out the  'big guns'.  I 
  fetched two of the lovely black girls from Texas that he’s so 
  partial to, Belle and Bitsy, and set them in a carrier in the middle 
  of the living room. (Bullett spends a good deal of his time on the 
  outside of their cage, whispering sweet nothings and doing his 
  own special dance to impress them all). Nothing.
  So I started around again with the flashlight, when I finally spotted 
  him back behind the hot water heater!  He’d apparently been making 
  his way back to his room, (more likely, to the girls!), and either took 
  a  wrong turn or something startled him, and he went into the hot 
  water closet. Even with Belle in hand I couldn’t coax him out, so I 
  had to get down on all fours and pull him out, but he started purring 
  up a storm the minute I grabbed him!  
  Of course, I fed him lots of chopped up treats and bits of pellets, 
  until he couldn’t eat any more.  He has his own little room today, 
  right next to the girls, where he has lots of food and  water, and 
  doesn’t have to compete with anyone for it. And where I know I 
  can find him later!
  As grateful as Bullett was that I pulled him out, he gives full credit 
  for his rescue to Belle!  
  [note: since his teeth were just loose and not broken, I’m hoping 
  they will tighten up and be ok with a bit of rest – aka, no chewing 
  on the cage bars!]
  We salute all you LAPS piggies, and want to encourage all you 
  others who are hoping to join their ranks. YOU CAN DO IT!
   
  also-
  Mary Fran – Don’t apologize – I think we’d all rather be aware of such a
  potential danger, even if it is a supposed hoax. Who knows?  Our little
  guys are so sensitive to things . . . although I wouldn’t think there would
  be much of a residue left from a Swiffer . . . 
  thanks for the ‘heads up’ anyway!
   
  Wheeks from 
  Susi & the Okie Piggies -
  -always looking for an adventure!

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