Thirtiesbrat
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Good morning,
I wanted to introduce myself and family (fur and human). For my son's birthday I got him two sweet male pigs. Even though they were a gift to him they are very much family pets and we are all sharing in the responsibility of care. Wish I had found this forum earlier as I would have adopted instead of purchasing from a local pet store. The two pigs have increased our family size to eight (two cats, one dog, husband and son). Pedro and Napoleon are almost three months old and are Abyssinian. Napoleon is red and white and Pedro is gray with different colors. We've actually considered changing Napoleon's name to Stewart since he reminds us of the Mad TV character ( jumping in the air and kicking his legs- "Look what I can do"). As we're learning about their personalities we've noticed right before bed they start racing around their cage chasing each other. They run in and out of their pigloo, peek over the top of the pigloo at each other and popcorn in between. Sometimes they come nose to nose squeak at each other and then they're off running about their cage again. Its so funny. I'm hoping that this is playing- what do you all think? They settle down after about 10 min. or so and then go to sleep. They are still skittish about us humans and are tolerating (maybe even liking) petting while still in their cage. They nibble at our fingers while on our lap and when the carrot supply runs out. Sometimes they are light nibbles turning to a harder nip leaving an impression on the victim's finger. I'm hoping that with patience they come to trust us better and become more comfortable on our laps. A funny side note- my husband was not for the pigs at all but he has been observed talking to and petting then on several occasions. I guess he can't resist their furry charm.
I wanted to introduce myself and family (fur and human). For my son's birthday I got him two sweet male pigs. Even though they were a gift to him they are very much family pets and we are all sharing in the responsibility of care. Wish I had found this forum earlier as I would have adopted instead of purchasing from a local pet store. The two pigs have increased our family size to eight (two cats, one dog, husband and son). Pedro and Napoleon are almost three months old and are Abyssinian. Napoleon is red and white and Pedro is gray with different colors. We've actually considered changing Napoleon's name to Stewart since he reminds us of the Mad TV character ( jumping in the air and kicking his legs- "Look what I can do"). As we're learning about their personalities we've noticed right before bed they start racing around their cage chasing each other. They run in and out of their pigloo, peek over the top of the pigloo at each other and popcorn in between. Sometimes they come nose to nose squeak at each other and then they're off running about their cage again. Its so funny. I'm hoping that this is playing- what do you all think? They settle down after about 10 min. or so and then go to sleep. They are still skittish about us humans and are tolerating (maybe even liking) petting while still in their cage. They nibble at our fingers while on our lap and when the carrot supply runs out. Sometimes they are light nibbles turning to a harder nip leaving an impression on the victim's finger. I'm hoping that with patience they come to trust us better and become more comfortable on our laps. A funny side note- my husband was not for the pigs at all but he has been observed talking to and petting then on several occasions. I guess he can't resist their furry charm.
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