Piggies... just hanging out :)

I had to leave my piggies for almost 2 weeks while I went to Mexico with my friends over Spring Break. Luckily they have wonderful grandparents (my Mom & Dad) who live in Des Moines and were more than willing to babysit them over break! So I had to bring them to Des Moines and didn't get to see them for wayyy too long.

Upon my return I obviously had to take excessive piggy pics. They are just eating some hay, hanging out and looking adorable!

Guinness loves the hay with added mint!

Peanut spying on his buddies 

Peanut munching on hay :)

Peanut having a drink 

Wally looks so whiskery!

Guinness' furry piggy butt

Peanut digging around in his hay box

Wally (AKA "Wooster") eating hay

Wally is such a curious piggy!

I tried to take a picture of Guinness sleeping but of course 

he got curious and tried to attack the camera string!!!

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!