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Maddy

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I'd like to introduce you all to chock
Chock is 3 years old, i got him on the 28th of feb 2013
He's a teddy pig so he has a soft nature to go along with his cute looking face
He's chocolate brown on his back with a white strype running down his forhead
He has a ginger stomach and 1 black foot
The nails on that foot are black also so he's part goth lol
I call him my little grandad pig as he likes to potter around his cage and pen
He's so layed back its unreal
Nothing scares him, not even fireworks
He enjoys:
Floor time in his pen
Hand feeding
Being stroked bitween his eyes and having his ears scritched.
I've had a fiew pairs of guinea pigs over the years but he's a lone pig.
This is because he doesn't stand up for him self when another pig is displaying dominence so he just ends up being picked on.
His fur falls out and he goes off his food when there's another pig in his space
He will just sit in the cage and look sad
I know its not ideal keeping pigs on their own but in chocks case its gotta be this way as he just gets picked on when ever there's another pig around.
He doesn't mind being on his own at all, he's put on wait since he's been on his own
He's a lot happyer on his own if i'm honest...
So there you are, my beautiful boy who's braught me so much joy to my life since he's come in to it
I love my little squeak box...
Also he's very good at guessing my mood and adapts his behaviour accordingly to how i'm feeling
If i'm sad and down he will ly on my knee for hours and let me stroke him till the cows come home
He will also lick the tears from my face if i've been crying, think thats his way of trying to comfort me
Because i only have the 1 pig i think i have a reaally special bond with him which is really strong as a consiquence of this
All my other pigs have been in pairs so the bond hasn't been as strong
I'd love chock to have another friend but this is not possible as i don't want him to be miserable just because its the usual thing to be done.
 
You clearly love Chock lots.

I will describe my guinea pigs to you . I have 2 sows and a neutered boar.

I adopted my 2 sows in March 2014 from Milhaven Guinea Pig Rescue. They are mother and daughter.

The mother sow is called Bess . She is chocolate brown all over - apart from a ginger patch on her bottom . She is getting quite old now and has been diagnosed with ovarian cysts. She won 3rd prize in the VIP veteran category at the Cavy Corner fun show recently. I love her lots and have written an article about her for The Guinea Pig magazine which I am hoping will printed in the autumn edition.


Her daughter is called Sparkle. Sparkle was born in the Rescue on 5th November 2013. Sparkle is a lighter brown than her mother and has a white flash on her forehead . She is a cheeky guinea pig and is never quiet. I love her lots too !


I adopted my boar in Feb this year - after I lost my previous boar ( who was called Max ). My new boar was called Mr Fish before I adopted him. He is a tri coloured Abyssinian . My 2 girls fell in love with him straight away . I didn't want a Guinea Pig called Mr Fish . I had a few ideas for a new name for him and this forum voted on a selection. He is now called Reuben . He has beautiful big eyes . I love him lots too !
 
Awww, they all sound so cute
Pigs have lots of personality, thats what people don't realise when they don't have them as pets...
 
Chock also enjoys dandelion iether dry or fresh
Fresh grass
Alfalfa hay or blocks
The inside of toilet rolls
He loves throwing them around and gnawing them
He is a very spoiled pig
I'm always buying him things when ever i get payed as i like hearing his reaction when i unpack the stuf thats for him
How he knows the stuf is for him i don't know but i can hear him wheeking as soon as i get through the front door with it...
He is a very special pig and thats why he deserves to be spoiled with stuff
I don't know who has the most stuff, me or him...
 
He use to like dandelion and fennal sticks from wilco but he's gone off them as well as carrots
He's so fussy when it comes to eating
Hes the fussyest pig i've ever had
 
Mine went off a brand of pellets recently . They waited until I'd bought bulk order of the stuff before deciding not to eat it !
 
Thats pigs for you...
Their tastes change with the weather...
 
I wouldn't be the same if he wasn't in my life
He's been here for me through some pretty tough times in the 3 years i had him...
 
Going to the pet shop to get some extras for chock this afternoon
Will let you know what i got him don't worry...
 
I'm planning to clean chocks cage out in the next cupple of days
Chock loves his cage being clean as do i...
 
I'm hopeing to get some more alfalfa hay today when i go to the pet shop
Will get some more dry dandelion feast and some more alfalfa blocks as well
May come back with stuff i didn't plan on getting
Thats what usually happens when i go to pets at home anyway...
 
Chock's been really clingy to me today
He's been wanting to ly on my lap most of the morning which isn't like him
He usually likes his lap time in the early evening not in the morning
Guess he realised how down i was feeling so thats why he was acting the way he was...
 
He's very good at senceing my mood changes quite offen before i do...
 
My support worker didn't have his car with him so i couldn't go to pets at home today
Am going there next week though...
I went to wilco
Got chock some more food
They had ran out of dandelion and green oat mix in the shop so there was nun in the basket
Got him some hay and cage cleaner
Cleaned his cage out when i got home so its all nice and fresh again...
He's currently eating a bowl of greens as i like to reward his good behaviour in the carryer when i'm cleaning him out as it takes me a. Little time to make sure the cage is totally clean...
He's all happy again.
 
Chock sounds lovely Maddy, he really does. You have such a great bond together.

Bless him sitting in his carrier while you clean his cage out, i bet he loves the treats you give him.

It must be lovely to have a lap pig. Our girls are not fans of lap time. Sassparilla tolerates it but looks grumpy :) Vimto wanders off after 5 minutes and Widget thinks there are more important things to do like run around the sofa.
 
I feel like i'm very blessed to have the bond with him that i do...
Guess its because he lives on his own i can have this special bond with him that i do...
 
Chocks running around in his pen as i write this
He's getting on some speed in there...
Think he's practiceing for the guinea olimpics...
Maybe i should make some little hurdles for him to jump over...
 
Think i should have posted this in guinea pig chat but i've posted it here instead, ah well.
Chock and i have had a lovely snuggly afternoon
Have just put him back in his cage after a 3 hour lap session where he fell asleep...
Bless him.
 
I will move it to guinea pig chat for you Maddy. That way it will get more views on the forum.

Chocks own Dandelion patch! That is very sweet of your over half. I am always surprised at how fast guinea pigs can run, i love watching their laps around their cage or run
 
Thanks Sport_billy for moving my thread for me...
Yeh, i'm not kidding he's strimmed all his lawn apart from a bit at the back which is full of dandelion which he has left purely for chock
That's really sweet of him i think...
Can pigs eat clover too?
Wanted to check before giving any to Chock in case its not safe...
 
no problem.

ha ha, what a little dude!

I don't know about clover, i would say if in doubt always leave it out. I seem to remember hearing it is high in calcium or something like that, let me tag in @Wiebke she knows all :)
 
Chock's become more of a lap pig since he's gotten older and past the pingy stage of wanting to explore everything and bight it...
 
Cant believe he use to fit inn 1 hand
That was such a long time ago now...
 
Chocks in good spirits today
Full of energy and bouncy.
 
Chock's moods greatly improved with the new wooden house i got him a cupple of weeks back
He really enjoys his time in his pen
Gives him a change from being in his cage...
I think its important for pigs to have a brake from their cage
If i don't run him at least once a day he gets really noisy and keeps me up at night...
 
I love hearing him running around in his pen and having fun...
Makes me happy knowing he's happy...
 
I use hay in his house so he will use it as if i didn't do that he would sleep in the hay stack in the cage and he sleeps with 1 eye open so i don't think he's getting proper sleep
Since i got the house for him he sleeps with both his eyes shut so i think the quality of his sleep has improved as i can notice a dramatic change to his mood now he has a place spaciffically where he sleeps
His hay gets changed every day and the bedding under the hay every cupple of days. This keeps the cage cleaner and it means he always has somewhere dry to ly...
 
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