Recent content by Sabrina Clayton

Hi all, About a week and a half ago, my husband and I had to make the difficult decision to say goodbye to one of our two pigs, Max, who had been battling severe respiratory issues since just before Thanksgiving 2019. We've talked for awhile about "getting out of the piggy business" mostly due...

Hi everyone, My oldest pig Charlie has been experiencing some issues with his incisors lately. He's about 5.5 years old. A few months ago I noticed that one of his bottom incisors was broken, making it slightly shorter than its partner. At the same time, one of his top incisors was completely...

Someone in a piggy group on FB posted the photo below: Apparently it's a market type store about 50 minutes from me. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with overtly sick animals at a store and the possibility of getting the store to surrender it? Or who to contact to help get the...

Adopted! :)

This is my first time fostering, and seeing as it's a girl and I have boys, I keep them separated. So far my boys haven't even noticed that there's another piggy in the house. Even if it were a male I wouldn't keep all of them together. My boys have a great relationship and I really don't want...

She really is a doll. We're enjoying having her but we have two boys already and just don't have the permanent space to keep her (and get her a companion). She's warming up to us but you can tell she's lonely :(

Roxie is a young Rex guinea pig looking for a devoted human that will provide her with a large cage, a female piggy companion, and lots of fresh veggies and hay! I am currently fostering her and working on getting her nails to a healthy length (might take weekly/bi-weekly clipping for a little...

Hi everyone! I have two bonded males that have been getting along swimmingly since May 2013. They're both about 2.5 years old and live in a 2x5 in our living room. I'm considering temporarily fostering a ~3 month old female that needs to be taken out of her current situation due to landlord...

Late last night I noticed our younger pig, Charlie, making a lot of noise when he breathes. It sounds like he may be congested. The sound has been going on since about 9pm ET last night. I've given him a thorough look over and don't see any other symptoms listed on Guinea Lynx... his eyes are...

YES! I never see my boyfriend melt like he does when we catch a piggy all curled up and sleeping! I can almost feel my heart swell with happiness :)

Aww thanks guys! I love my boys SO MUCH!! They'll have been together a year this Sunday! It was love at first sight for them :) We got Lemmiwinks from Petco in March of last year, before we knew much about piggies at all. Then in May I posted a wanted ad on CL and met a local zoology prof who...

Oh my gosh, all of these piggies are so precious! Here are my silly boys :) Lemmwinks doesn't care if Charlie wants to hide! Lemmiwinks using Charlie's fluffy butt as a pillow Charlie relaxing in a box They always sleep next to each other :)

I used to dread having to clip our piggies' nails! I think I've watched every video on youtube and tried every technique. The only thing that has begun to work for us is using clippers specifically for small animals, and major distracting with veggies. We used to use human clippers, which some...

My boys just love any kind of floor time! Sometimes I'll section off half of our livingroom/kitchen and they'll run all over the place exploring. If I have them in their pen of zip-tied grids, which is a smaller space (but still bigger than their cage), I'll give them lots of stuff to munch on...

You could always check local resale shops for grids. A friend of mine is re-doing her kitchen and happened to find a huuuuuge box of grids for me at the local Habitat for Humanity Restore center. Also, our local KMart has boxes of grids on sale for around $17 right now. Not sure if it's a...