New Friends

Peanut started acting a little crazy in his adolescent years... so unfortunately I had to separate him and Guinness. For a while, all 3 pigs were living separately, which was a huge pain for me! But lately, I've been letting Guinness and Wally play together. They were doing so well together, that I decided to put them in the same cage yesterday. What a couple of cutie pies! There is occasional "rumble strutting" but for the most part they get along great. Here are some pigtures from their play time together and their first day as roomies:

Wally and Guinness playing in the pig pen

Munching on hay

Cuties

Just relaxing

 

Seeing what's for breakfast... 

Pigs eating veggies together

Chrismukkah pigs

I took a few pigtures for our 2nd annual Chrismukkah card. Last year, it was just me, Cole, and Guinness. Now that we have 2 more pigs, it would have been REALLY tough to get everyone in one shot, so I took some individual shots of my boys :)

PEANUT! He is quite the rascal... this is 

the only picture I got with the antlers on!

GUINNESS... I call these his "glamour shots" because he 

just sat there and posed for me... what a photogenic piggy!

Posing for the camera again! Piggy lips!!!

WALLY! What a cutie. My Chrismukkah present :)

Wally eating the ribbon

Piggie Tent

I ordered the most adorable guinea pig toy from the Laurel's Zoo store on Etsy... a camouflage tent! It's the perfect pig size. You can even take the fabric off the tent rods and wash it. I love Etsy for guinea pig accessories because its hard to find fun, good quality toys in pet stores.

I've had the tent for a few weeks and the pigs have always sniffed and nibbled at it during play time. Finally, Guinness decided to give it a try yesterday! Wally must have smelled Guinness in the tent and gotten jealous because he decided to try it out too. Here are some pigtures of Guinness and Wally in the tent.

 Guinness testing out the tent

Guinness got his hair a bit messed up!

Wally camping out

Wally's hair is messed up too!

Peanut hasn't gotten in the tent yet, but when he does, expect more pigtures!

Play time with Wally

Wally has become so much more outgoing since we got him in August--just 2 months ago he was a shy little peeg, but now he's very brave and social! He loves play time, especially when I lay on the floor with him and give him treats. He runs around and popcorns like a crazy peeg! 

Here are some cute pigtures of Wally playing recently:

Nomming some lettuce

More nomming

Curious pig

Up close chewing shot!

Looking for more treats...

Exploring the cave

Piggy bum!

In the cave

More lettuce

Whiskers!

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...

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.

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!

Me and Guinness cuddling