So having been a member for a few years now, I thought I would start a thread about my piggies..
I will start with my first 2 ... The lovely Gladys & Pippin... My daughter asked for a hamster after her goldfish died.. I wasn't keen on a hamster so I started looking at what would be suitable and I decided on Guinea Pigs..
We collected them in May 2015 and so it began.... They lived in a box for a few days until we got the hutch set up perfectly. The other half added some height to it so it was off the floor.. I would sit and talk to them for a few hours so they got to know my voice.
They were in the hutch for a while and then I decided keeping them inside would be less stressful - for me! I was worried about heat stroke, rats, foxes and the rain!
Here comes the C&C... Luckily I can sew so made lots of nice fleece liners.. They were so tiny and very good at cuddle time. I would put a blanket on the floor at night and they would not step off it although one time one got spooked and hid under the table and it took a while to get her out.....
We had no real problems with them, one bad spell of ringworm when we first got them..
Gladys became poorly all of a sudden one night in April 2019 - 2 weeks before our holiday to Dubai. She had what looked like a stroke, she couldn't walk, went all wobbly and had no balance. Rushed her to the vets within 10 mins and by that time she looked almost normal. The vet thought she had an ear infection so we treated for that and had a 2 week course... She was acting normal the next day... Whilst we were on holiday my parents house sat and looked after the pigs, we got regular updates. We returned home and about a week later, a large lump came up on Gladys head above her eye. Got her into the vets and they did an X-ray which sadly showed she had a large tumour they said they wouldn't be able to remove it due to where it was so we had to make the heart making decision to have her put to sleep. We went as a family to say our goodbyes ... She is buried in our garden in her favourite pink blanket..
I will add pictures soon and then move onto the next chapter... x
I will start with my first 2 ... The lovely Gladys & Pippin... My daughter asked for a hamster after her goldfish died.. I wasn't keen on a hamster so I started looking at what would be suitable and I decided on Guinea Pigs..
We collected them in May 2015 and so it began.... They lived in a box for a few days until we got the hutch set up perfectly. The other half added some height to it so it was off the floor.. I would sit and talk to them for a few hours so they got to know my voice.
They were in the hutch for a while and then I decided keeping them inside would be less stressful - for me! I was worried about heat stroke, rats, foxes and the rain!
Here comes the C&C... Luckily I can sew so made lots of nice fleece liners.. They were so tiny and very good at cuddle time. I would put a blanket on the floor at night and they would not step off it although one time one got spooked and hid under the table and it took a while to get her out.....
We had no real problems with them, one bad spell of ringworm when we first got them..
Gladys became poorly all of a sudden one night in April 2019 - 2 weeks before our holiday to Dubai. She had what looked like a stroke, she couldn't walk, went all wobbly and had no balance. Rushed her to the vets within 10 mins and by that time she looked almost normal. The vet thought she had an ear infection so we treated for that and had a 2 week course... She was acting normal the next day... Whilst we were on holiday my parents house sat and looked after the pigs, we got regular updates. We returned home and about a week later, a large lump came up on Gladys head above her eye. Got her into the vets and they did an X-ray which sadly showed she had a large tumour they said they wouldn't be able to remove it due to where it was so we had to make the heart making decision to have her put to sleep. We went as a family to say our goodbyes ... She is buried in our garden in her favourite pink blanket..
I will add pictures soon and then move onto the next chapter... x