Liliane
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2015
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- Joined
- Aug 8, 2015
- Messages
- 11
Hi guys,
I am the proud new owner of 3 little piggies and I love them so much already!
The first one is Xena (the warrior princess hehe). I got Xena 4 years ago, not really knowing anything about guinea pigs. I've always loved rats, had many rats before, and wanted one. I was living with a family and one of the moms was super scared of rats and refused for me to have one. She told me she couldn't handle a rat, but she was okay with a guinea pig. So I got my little Xena. I was super excited about having her, and began to learn more about piggies. After a couple of months, I decided to move out and asked a friend who also had a guinea pig, if she could take care of Xena during my "moving time". When I was ready to get my little Xena back, my friend refused to give her back because Xena had bonded with her pig, and she didn't want to separate them. I was sad, but I thought it was probably better for Xena too. I was able to see Xena whenever my friend will go on vacations and needed someone to take care of the piggies. 4 years passed. A month ago, my friend's pig died, so she contacted me and asked that I get Xena back. I wasn't really prepared for it. I have 2 cats now, and I was a bit concerned about that. I live in a loft, so there is no room I can put a guinea pig in, everything is wide open. But I adopted Xena in the first place, she's my piggy and I love her so I decided to take her anyway.
Xena was completely depressed. She would not move from her corner. Just lie down, doing nothing. It was so sad. I read a lot online about piggy depression. She was mourning her friend, and according to most of the online articles, getting her new friends would help.
So I searched online and found out that a shelter near me had a senior guinea pig. I thought this was perfect. I went to the shelter, and Simone was in a tiny cage, with another piggy. Simone was actually only 2 years old, and the other one 1 and a half. They had no hay, no fresh vegetables, only weird pellets + grains. I couldn't bear it. I adopted both of them.
Simone (de Beauvoir
) is a big dominant female piggy and Frida (Khalo) is a funny, perky, happy little piggy. Simone gave Xena a hard time in the beginning, but now they are totally okay. Xena looks so much better now! Even though she is suffering from a big abscess (I talked about it in another post) she is interacting with Frida and Simone and is excited about getting food.
You should have seen Frida when she got into her new cage (a C&C 2 by 5 grids). She ran around and popcorned all over the place. Simone is a very smart and unafraid piggy. She's also a bit fat, but the vet said that now that she has more room to exercise, she should loose a bit.
Here are my piggies after their bath
Frida, Xena, and Simone
Them eating some lettuce in their new cage. (Had to learn how to sew to do all the fleece/Uhaul liners and beds and pee pads.
Kisses from Simone ;p
I am the proud new owner of 3 little piggies and I love them so much already!
The first one is Xena (the warrior princess hehe). I got Xena 4 years ago, not really knowing anything about guinea pigs. I've always loved rats, had many rats before, and wanted one. I was living with a family and one of the moms was super scared of rats and refused for me to have one. She told me she couldn't handle a rat, but she was okay with a guinea pig. So I got my little Xena. I was super excited about having her, and began to learn more about piggies. After a couple of months, I decided to move out and asked a friend who also had a guinea pig, if she could take care of Xena during my "moving time". When I was ready to get my little Xena back, my friend refused to give her back because Xena had bonded with her pig, and she didn't want to separate them. I was sad, but I thought it was probably better for Xena too. I was able to see Xena whenever my friend will go on vacations and needed someone to take care of the piggies. 4 years passed. A month ago, my friend's pig died, so she contacted me and asked that I get Xena back. I wasn't really prepared for it. I have 2 cats now, and I was a bit concerned about that. I live in a loft, so there is no room I can put a guinea pig in, everything is wide open. But I adopted Xena in the first place, she's my piggy and I love her so I decided to take her anyway.
Xena was completely depressed. She would not move from her corner. Just lie down, doing nothing. It was so sad. I read a lot online about piggy depression. She was mourning her friend, and according to most of the online articles, getting her new friends would help.
So I searched online and found out that a shelter near me had a senior guinea pig. I thought this was perfect. I went to the shelter, and Simone was in a tiny cage, with another piggy. Simone was actually only 2 years old, and the other one 1 and a half. They had no hay, no fresh vegetables, only weird pellets + grains. I couldn't bear it. I adopted both of them.
Simone (de Beauvoir
) is a big dominant female piggy and Frida (Khalo) is a funny, perky, happy little piggy. Simone gave Xena a hard time in the beginning, but now they are totally okay. Xena looks so much better now! Even though she is suffering from a big abscess (I talked about it in another post) she is interacting with Frida and Simone and is excited about getting food. You should have seen Frida when she got into her new cage (a C&C 2 by 5 grids). She ran around and popcorned all over the place. Simone is a very smart and unafraid piggy. She's also a bit fat, but the vet said that now that she has more room to exercise, she should loose a bit.
Here are my piggies after their bath
Frida, Xena, and Simone
Them eating some lettuce in their new cage. (Had to learn how to sew to do all the fleece/Uhaul liners and beds and pee pads.
Kisses from Simone ;p
