I got this from a website called Knitters Row. They even have instructions. I think I will make each pig a sweater in a different color. Maybe with their initial on the back?? I'm sure the piggies will love this...
Thursday, August 25, 2011
New project...
This is my new project for the fall/winter. I'm going to knit my piggies sweaters!
I got this from a website called Knitters Row. They even have instructions. I think I will make each pig a sweater in a different color. Maybe with their initial on the back?? I'm sure the piggies will love this...
I got this from a website called Knitters Row. They even have instructions. I think I will make each pig a sweater in a different color. Maybe with their initial on the back?? I'm sure the piggies will love this...
Monday, August 15, 2011
Wally's First Bath
Tonight was Wally's first bath (and my first time bathing a pig too!!!) and it went pretty smoothly. The other pigs have never been bathed. Wally is so calm and sweet, and he was very brave! He didn't like being wet so much, but looked adorable.
After his bath, I took the soaking wet piggy into the bathroom and put him on a towel, and chased him around with the blow dryer! He didn't seem to mind this too much. I was careful to keep it on low, and keep my hand on his fur to make sure it didn't get too hot. He looks so cute and fluffy now! Wally is also going to the vet on Thursday for his first checkup :)
Wally smells great (I used a baby powder scent kitten shampoo) and looks fab!
Wally wet post-bath
After his bath, I took the soaking wet piggy into the bathroom and put him on a towel, and chased him around with the blow dryer! He didn't seem to mind this too much. I was careful to keep it on low, and keep my hand on his fur to make sure it didn't get too hot. He looks so cute and fluffy now! Wally is also going to the vet on Thursday for his first checkup :)
Getting blow-dried in the bathroom
Wally smells great (I used a baby powder scent kitten shampoo) and looks fab!
Guinness' Homecoming Anniversary
August 15, 2011: The anniversary of Guinness' homecoming!
What a wee little piggy he was when we first brought him home on this same day in 2010. We fell in love with him at Petco when we held him and he sat on my chest and squeeked at me. It was really love at first sight! Cole and I both really liked him (especially his coloring and the silly crest on his head) and thought he looked like a little "Guinness"... a little black and tan pig!
We didn't know much about guinea pigs then, but I spent the next weeks researching constantly. What food is best, what bedding, what toys, etc. We chopped veggies every morning and took him out to play every night. Now, he has a guinea mansion with lots of toys, hay, treats, and friends! At first, Guinness was a scaredy peeg, always running from noises. Now, hardly anything phases him. He begs for treats and squeeks for attention every time I come by the cage. He will let anyone pet him. He has really turned into quite the "ham" as I like to say.
Taking Guinness home on this day 1 year ago really started a chain of events that has changed my life. First Guinness, then Peanut (because Guinness needed a buddy), and now we have adopted Wally. Pretty soon, Wally will need a buddy too. I love my little piggies so much! I'm turning into a crazy guinea pig lady and I'm proud of it!
What a wee little piggy he was when we first brought him home on this same day in 2010. We fell in love with him at Petco when we held him and he sat on my chest and squeeked at me. It was really love at first sight! Cole and I both really liked him (especially his coloring and the silly crest on his head) and thought he looked like a little "Guinness"... a little black and tan pig!
We didn't know much about guinea pigs then, but I spent the next weeks researching constantly. What food is best, what bedding, what toys, etc. We chopped veggies every morning and took him out to play every night. Now, he has a guinea mansion with lots of toys, hay, treats, and friends! At first, Guinness was a scaredy peeg, always running from noises. Now, hardly anything phases him. He begs for treats and squeeks for attention every time I come by the cage. He will let anyone pet him. He has really turned into quite the "ham" as I like to say.
Taking Guinness home on this day 1 year ago really started a chain of events that has changed my life. First Guinness, then Peanut (because Guinness needed a buddy), and now we have adopted Wally. Pretty soon, Wally will need a buddy too. I love my little piggies so much! I'm turning into a crazy guinea pig lady and I'm proud of it!
Me and Guinness cuddling
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Weight Update
Guinea pig weight update, as of 8/7/11. Includes Wally, the newest addition to our family!
Guinness: 2 lbs 10 oz
Peanut: 2 lbs 5 oz
Wally: 2 lbs 13 oz
Wally is clearly the biggest of the group! Peanut is still small, but not fully grown yet, and he seems to be growing fast. He has grown about 2-3 oz per month lately. I expect that by November (when he turns 1 yr old) he will be about the same as the others. Guinness and Wally are both a little over 1 yr old, so probably full grown. They are all very adorable, and fed healthy diets with lots of hay and veggies. Wally will be going in for his first vet visit soon, so hopefully the vet is impressed as with the others!
Guinness: 2 lbs 10 oz
Peanut: 2 lbs 5 oz
Wally: 2 lbs 13 oz
Wally is clearly the biggest of the group! Peanut is still small, but not fully grown yet, and he seems to be growing fast. He has grown about 2-3 oz per month lately. I expect that by November (when he turns 1 yr old) he will be about the same as the others. Guinness and Wally are both a little over 1 yr old, so probably full grown. They are all very adorable, and fed healthy diets with lots of hay and veggies. Wally will be going in for his first vet visit soon, so hopefully the vet is impressed as with the others!
Walnut AKA Wally
We just got a third guinea pig!! His name was Flash when we got him, but we just re-named him Walnut, AKA Wally for short (Flash is still his middle name). He's a really big pig, and very sweet! We adopted him from Cole's aunt in Montana. She got him for her youngest son, who eventually got tired of taking care of poor Wally :( and he wasn't getting nearly enough attention there. I like to call his adoption our "guinea rescue mission" since we drove 18 hours out to Montana to get him! We happened to have a wedding out there that weekend, so it worked out.
THE ROAD TRIP: When we got Wally he was in a smaller cage, which we knew we would have to change, but it ended up being perfect for the car. It fit in the backseat just right! We gave him some treats and food and took off from Helena, Montana back home to Des Moines, Iowa. He was actually pretty good in the car. He spent most of his time in the pigloo, but came out a few times for water and food. We figured that meant he wasn't too scared. When we got to Sheridan, Wyoming, we stopped for the night and stayed at a nice Hampton Inn. Wally liked it OK too, and we even took him out on the floor for a bit to run around. On a towel, of course! He did escape behind a desk one time but we got him pretty quick!
TEMPORARY HOME: Mr. Walnut is currently with me and the other pigs in Des Moines, at my parents' house where I am staying this summer. We fixed him up in Guinness and Peanut's old cage, the one they stayed in when they were just babies. We will be putting Wally into another bigger C&C cage in Iowa City when I move back to school in a few weeks, but for now its a pretty good setup. We gave him a fleece bed instead of fluff, and added a straw cave, some toys, a hay rack, and treats. At first he was nervous, but he has adjusted extremely fast! He just got here last Sunday--- so only 1 week and he is already very brave, coming out of his pigloo all the time to check things out, run around, munch on veggies, etc. He can also see/smell the other pigs through the cage, and he seems pretty excited about that. They squeek at each other and its very cute :)
I'm not sure if Wally ever had so many veggies before! He has been eating them all, and seems to like most of the things the other gpigs like: romaine and other lettuce, carrots, bell peppers, cucumber, apple, basil, parsley, and even a little zucchini sometimes. We also have taken him out on my bedroom floor a few times and he loves it! I'm not sure if he ever had floor time before, either :( but he loves it now. He ran around excitedly and squeeked a lot, and it was so cute!
He also loves being petted which is great because he is big and cuddly and furry and I love to pet him! He's pretty calm as far as being held. That is a totally different story from Peanut, who is the squirmiest/most skittish pig ever! Guinness does love pets, though, now that he is fully grown and pretty calm. Peanut is still growing so hopefully he will calm down soon like the other boys!
I am very excited about the new addition to our family! He seems happy too. I will post more pictures soon, especially when we go back to Iowa City.
THE ROAD TRIP: When we got Wally he was in a smaller cage, which we knew we would have to change, but it ended up being perfect for the car. It fit in the backseat just right! We gave him some treats and food and took off from Helena, Montana back home to Des Moines, Iowa. He was actually pretty good in the car. He spent most of his time in the pigloo, but came out a few times for water and food. We figured that meant he wasn't too scared. When we got to Sheridan, Wyoming, we stopped for the night and stayed at a nice Hampton Inn. Wally liked it OK too, and we even took him out on the floor for a bit to run around. On a towel, of course! He did escape behind a desk one time but we got him pretty quick!
TEMPORARY HOME: Mr. Walnut is currently with me and the other pigs in Des Moines, at my parents' house where I am staying this summer. We fixed him up in Guinness and Peanut's old cage, the one they stayed in when they were just babies. We will be putting Wally into another bigger C&C cage in Iowa City when I move back to school in a few weeks, but for now its a pretty good setup. We gave him a fleece bed instead of fluff, and added a straw cave, some toys, a hay rack, and treats. At first he was nervous, but he has adjusted extremely fast! He just got here last Sunday--- so only 1 week and he is already very brave, coming out of his pigloo all the time to check things out, run around, munch on veggies, etc. He can also see/smell the other pigs through the cage, and he seems pretty excited about that. They squeek at each other and its very cute :)
Eating some hay
Very cute!
Hanging out in his new Hawkeye cage :)
I'm not sure if Wally ever had so many veggies before! He has been eating them all, and seems to like most of the things the other gpigs like: romaine and other lettuce, carrots, bell peppers, cucumber, apple, basil, parsley, and even a little zucchini sometimes. We also have taken him out on my bedroom floor a few times and he loves it! I'm not sure if he ever had floor time before, either :( but he loves it now. He ran around excitedly and squeeked a lot, and it was so cute!
He also loves being petted which is great because he is big and cuddly and furry and I love to pet him! He's pretty calm as far as being held. That is a totally different story from Peanut, who is the squirmiest/most skittish pig ever! Guinness does love pets, though, now that he is fully grown and pretty calm. Peanut is still growing so hopefully he will calm down soon like the other boys!
I am very excited about the new addition to our family! He seems happy too. I will post more pictures soon, especially when we go back to Iowa City.
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