Those of you who have been following my recent posts know that my son's preschool class got 2 skinnies (which I'm very unhappy about). I have given them the proper information they need regarding how to care for the piggies and stressed that they really don't belong in the classroom. I let them know that if they decide not to keep them, I'd be happy to adopt them. I will also be taking them home on the weekends.
I explained that skinnies get cold easily and the classroom just won't be warm enough at night. I put scraps of fleece in their cage for them to cuddle up to. One of the teachers told me today that her grandmother is going to knit sweaters for the piggies. I'm not so sure if that's a good idea. In my mind, the fabric would irritate their skin, it's dangerous due to the possibility of strangulation, and the piggies might consume the sweaters which I can't imagine is all too healthy. But I'm not very familiar with skinnies and maybe others have attempted to outfit them with a sweater or something.
Can anybody give me any information on this? If it's ok, please let me know. If it's NOT ok, please give me a list of reasons why so I can pass this information along to the classroom.
I explained that skinnies get cold easily and the classroom just won't be warm enough at night. I put scraps of fleece in their cage for them to cuddle up to. One of the teachers told me today that her grandmother is going to knit sweaters for the piggies. I'm not so sure if that's a good idea. In my mind, the fabric would irritate their skin, it's dangerous due to the possibility of strangulation, and the piggies might consume the sweaters which I can't imagine is all too healthy. But I'm not very familiar with skinnies and maybe others have attempted to outfit them with a sweater or something.
Can anybody give me any information on this? If it's ok, please let me know. If it's NOT ok, please give me a list of reasons why so I can pass this information along to the classroom.