Guinea pigs in wedding?

[Auzziefreak]

As some of you already know, i recently got engaged and am planning my wedding for May..The question at hand is, My two neices are BEGGING me to let them carry my two pigs down the isle with them (they are flower girls). THEN my mother suggested that we get hand tailored outfits made for them (tuxido for huebert, and a dress for jasper)! I love my piggies to death, but i'm not sure what i think about this idea..what if they got stage fright and decided to pee right on the girl's dresses? i dunno..thought it would be a fun post to reply too anyway.

 

[AngelsCavies]

this may comming up. good luck on making outfits.

 

[Ly&Pigs]

I would worry about the pigs dropping poo's everywhere more than peeing or them wheeking during the ceremony. But congrats on your upcoming wedding. I hope all goes well no matter what you decide.

 

[Auzziefreak]

Lol..thats a good point chatty...However, my pigs are fairly quiet in new situations...And thanks again angelscavies!

 

[Loveheart]

You could make special Lino based cozys or something for them so that the girls could carry them too and have no fear of them peeing on the girls.

 

[citronsoul]

Hmmm...I'd worry about them getting stressed out from the people & noise.

 

[Treen]

I don't think a wedding is a good place for guinea pigs, especially not if outfits are involved! Even a quiet wedding brings travel, new noise, new smells etc which are all stressful to them. And it might be some of the venues don't like animals being brought in anyway.

Plus you don't want to spend your wedding day constantly checking they're okay and worrying if they are quiet/ stressed or wee down someone's dress! I'm sure you can think of another way to bring the guinea pig theme in to the day if you like, but I'd leave the real guinea pigs safe and comfortable at home.

 

[Auzziefreak]

wow..lots of good ideas and suggestions..but i think i agree with treen and citronsoul that its not the place for a guinea pig. I wouldn't want anything to go wrong..thanks for all your help though!

 

[Miss Piggy]

wow..lots of good ideas and suggestions..but i think i agree with treen and citronsoul that its not the place for a guinea pig. I wouldn't want anything to go wrong..thanks for all your help though!

Since your pigs won't be at the wedding, should we suspect they'll be at your honeymoon?! >.<

Just joking, good luck with the preparations

 

[pennick]

Dont you think your wedding is stressful enough? Why would you want the added stress of worrying about your piggies?. Don't do it. God forbid if something terrible happened. What a way to remember your wedding. Leave them home.

 

[ChadWPB]

We would have loved to do that for our recent wedding, but Treen is spot on about the stress factor. So they had a quiet day to themselves...until the guests came over to our place.

 

[citronsoul]

My cousin & his wife both love dogs. At their wedding they had a subtle dog theme. Well, the actual ceremony & reception didn't have a dog theme, but the dinner afterwards did. The guests were seated for dinner according to what breed of dog they were. ie. the beagle table, the golden retriever table... And each dinner guest also got a little dog figurine to take home with them as a momento. My cousin also surprised his wife by having the dog come in to say hello (she thought it was at the kennel).

Just thought I'd mention this, incase you feel like incorporating guinea pigs in a different way.

 

[Auzziefreak]

Dont you think your wedding is stressful enough? Why would you want the added stress of worrying about your piggies?. Don't do it. God forbid if something terrible happened. What a way to remember your wedding. Leave them home.

Yes, this factor has begun to weigh on me quite heavily, If i don't want extra stress, and and i don't want my pigs to be stressed, that means, no pigs. Unfortunately..It was nice to think about it, but i agree that it is best not to do it.

Citronsoul, Thats a really cool idea that You're cousin did! encorperating that into his wedding, I'll deffinately be thinking about that.

And finaly ChadWPB, i think this is the option we are also concidering.