Danielle Smith
Teenage Guinea Pig
Dear Flash,
We remember when you were born. Your mum was looking like she might pop, and chose the exact moment your grandmum went to make a cup of tea to bring you into the world, alongside your brother and sister. You were the smallest, but definitely the loudest! We named you after the white lock of hair on your forehead (along with your brother “Squint” [now Quint] and your sister “Stripey” [now Toffee]).
Originally, we weren’t sure if we could keep you, so we put up a snazzy “Looking for Home” post on TGPF. Unfortunately, people only wanted single baby boars, and we couldn’t bear to split you and your brother Quint.
The day we told you we were going to keep you, you just looked at us all confused.
You lived in our bedroom for a while. After you were neutered, we moved you into the room with the rest of the pigs. This decision was also made so we could sleep at night, you loved your 3am zoomies and excited wheeking because one of us dared breathe or roll over in bed.
You were SO NOISY after we put you up on the table. I like to think it’s because you missed us, but really it’s because you could smell lots of pigs but couldn’t see them.
As you aged, you became a lazy, comfy pig. You still loved to zoomie whenever we cleaned your cage out though, but the rest of the time was spent snoozing near your brother.
You also loved to chooken and look dead, straight after we cleaned your cage. It gave us a fright or two.
We remember when you were born. Your mum was looking like she might pop, and chose the exact moment your grandmum went to make a cup of tea to bring you into the world, alongside your brother and sister. You were the smallest, but definitely the loudest! We named you after the white lock of hair on your forehead (along with your brother “Squint” [now Quint] and your sister “Stripey” [now Toffee]).
Originally, we weren’t sure if we could keep you, so we put up a snazzy “Looking for Home” post on TGPF. Unfortunately, people only wanted single baby boars, and we couldn’t bear to split you and your brother Quint.
The day we told you we were going to keep you, you just looked at us all confused.
You lived in our bedroom for a while. After you were neutered, we moved you into the room with the rest of the pigs. This decision was also made so we could sleep at night, you loved your 3am zoomies and excited wheeking because one of us dared breathe or roll over in bed.
You were SO NOISY after we put you up on the table. I like to think it’s because you missed us, but really it’s because you could smell lots of pigs but couldn’t see them.
As you aged, you became a lazy, comfy pig. You still loved to zoomie whenever we cleaned your cage out though, but the rest of the time was spent snoozing near your brother.
You also loved to chooken and look dead, straight after we cleaned your cage. It gave us a fright or two.
