BriteViolets
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- Joined
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My name is Brittany, I'm 35, and a stay at home mom of 2 (human) boys. I've always been an animal lover, and it's always been important to my husband and I to raise our kids as such. We have 2 dogs, a cat, a bunch of fish and now we have 2 boy piggies, Pepper and Dozer, and they're around 2 years old. I thought it was about time I introduced my self. I've been going through this forum for a few months now on my quest to finding as much, and the best information I possibly can. I've grown to love this place, and look forward to getting to know everyone.
So here's my piggy story, and I absolutely love it, well I love most of it that is. In April we stopped at Petco and my 12 year old sees these 2 piggies that were up for adoption. This is the part I hate, they had them in a 10 gallon tank, and there was just enough room for them and their pigloo. Now my son is autistic, and when it comes to animals he likes them but he can't connect with them. To my surprise he asked if he could spend the birthday money he'd been saving for months to get them, I said appsolutely! So in talking with the sales lady, I find out that this would be their third home. She said if we ever decide we don't want them to make sure we bring them back to the store, I told her that won't ever happen. Then she brings out their "cage", it was the typical pet store cage, but it was way bigger than the tiny tank they had them in. Why didn't they have them in that at least? As we're leaving she said that they have been having some dominant issues so we might have to separate them. Gee, ya don't say.
So I start doing research, I want the very best we can afford for all our beasties. So here's the bizzare irony in all this, I have a rare type of kidney disease and my body can't process calcium like it should so I make hundreds if stones. It's very similar to the way they can't process calcium, and all the foods I avoid should at the very least be limited with them. Wow! Unfortunately, but not surprisingly my son lost interest in them after a few days, so now they're mine, and I can't get enough of my little guys. They are however extremely skittish, they've really had a rough go of it. Dozer loves to have his head scratched, but Pepper doesn't like being touched at all. However they're spoiled rotten, they now have a huge cage, it's a 2 x 6 with a 1 x 2 off to the side. They love it and I had a blast planning it and making all the fleece stuff. However they still have quite a few dominate issues, but hopefully now that they have the space they'll figure it out. I'm still surprised how much I love having them around, and how much personality is packed in such tiny packages. I do feel an odd connection to these little guys, and still can't believe we have such a similar condition.
Too top it all off, we are adopting 2 new piggies this weekend. I'm so excited, and I just can't wait to get my hands on my new piggy babies. They're brother skinny pigs, which is especially exciting!
Thanks for reading! [emoji2]
This is Dozer
And here's Pepper. 
And here's their piggy palace.
So here's my piggy story, and I absolutely love it, well I love most of it that is. In April we stopped at Petco and my 12 year old sees these 2 piggies that were up for adoption. This is the part I hate, they had them in a 10 gallon tank, and there was just enough room for them and their pigloo. Now my son is autistic, and when it comes to animals he likes them but he can't connect with them. To my surprise he asked if he could spend the birthday money he'd been saving for months to get them, I said appsolutely! So in talking with the sales lady, I find out that this would be their third home. She said if we ever decide we don't want them to make sure we bring them back to the store, I told her that won't ever happen. Then she brings out their "cage", it was the typical pet store cage, but it was way bigger than the tiny tank they had them in. Why didn't they have them in that at least? As we're leaving she said that they have been having some dominant issues so we might have to separate them. Gee, ya don't say.
So I start doing research, I want the very best we can afford for all our beasties. So here's the bizzare irony in all this, I have a rare type of kidney disease and my body can't process calcium like it should so I make hundreds if stones. It's very similar to the way they can't process calcium, and all the foods I avoid should at the very least be limited with them. Wow! Unfortunately, but not surprisingly my son lost interest in them after a few days, so now they're mine, and I can't get enough of my little guys. They are however extremely skittish, they've really had a rough go of it. Dozer loves to have his head scratched, but Pepper doesn't like being touched at all. However they're spoiled rotten, they now have a huge cage, it's a 2 x 6 with a 1 x 2 off to the side. They love it and I had a blast planning it and making all the fleece stuff. However they still have quite a few dominate issues, but hopefully now that they have the space they'll figure it out. I'm still surprised how much I love having them around, and how much personality is packed in such tiny packages. I do feel an odd connection to these little guys, and still can't believe we have such a similar condition.
Too top it all off, we are adopting 2 new piggies this weekend. I'm so excited, and I just can't wait to get my hands on my new piggy babies. They're brother skinny pigs, which is especially exciting!
Thanks for reading! [emoji2]
This is Dozer And here's Pepper. And here's their piggy palace.
