BlueBird
Junior Guinea Pig
So in 2020 we went down from three pigs to one with our matriarch leaving us just before Christmas. Hardly perfect timing for Harvey to be alone but after almost a whole month by himself we've managed to sneak out during lockdown and find Harvey a new girlfriend! She is from a local rescue to us Avalon GPR and only 18months ish old. I little bit younger than we would have probably liked but in our situation beggars can't be choosers. It's still early days but the two of them seem very polite to each other. Lots of sniffing and polite getting to know you behaviours so hopefully girlfriend will become wife pretty soon. I think she might be the boss of the two though as there has been a few polite "go away" type snaps from her and a few kicks in the face when she's got fed up with the bum sniffing. 
Her story is pretty sad. Apparently she was rescued off people who didn't really know what they were doing or really care. She was alone in a tiny cage and didn't even have a name! She was so stressed she's been over grooming her legs which we'll keep an eye on in case it's something more sinister! She does still seem to be doing a lot of grooming and scratching so I assume it is stress. Harvey is very excited he has a new girlfriend and we've often been hearing him make friendly chortling noises as he goes over to check on her in her safe hiding place and a few baby popcorns even after she tells him off.
Personally I think she's beautiful! (Yeah I'm biased). She's a white crested guinea with a black spot over her eye which I think are ruby eyes. She will be my first crested piggy since my first guinea pig as a child (well one of a pair). We've not quite settled on a name yet as she's very shy (understandable if she's been so stressed she's over groomed herself), but we are leaning towards the name Petal.
Cuddled together on the scary journey home.
In her favourite hiding spot
When she got adventurous because Harvey stole her veg and ran off with it.
Welcome to the family sweet little girl.
Her story is pretty sad. Apparently she was rescued off people who didn't really know what they were doing or really care. She was alone in a tiny cage and didn't even have a name! She was so stressed she's been over grooming her legs which we'll keep an eye on in case it's something more sinister! She does still seem to be doing a lot of grooming and scratching so I assume it is stress. Harvey is very excited he has a new girlfriend and we've often been hearing him make friendly chortling noises as he goes over to check on her in her safe hiding place and a few baby popcorns even after she tells him off.
Personally I think she's beautiful! (Yeah I'm biased). She's a white crested guinea with a black spot over her eye which I think are ruby eyes. She will be my first crested piggy since my first guinea pig as a child (well one of a pair). We've not quite settled on a name yet as she's very shy (understandable if she's been so stressed she's over groomed herself), but we are leaning towards the name Petal.
Cuddled together on the scary journey home.
In her favourite hiding spot
When she got adventurous because Harvey stole her veg and ran off with it.
Welcome to the family sweet little girl.
Poor little girly, how could she not even have a name! 
Petal’s lovely if that’s what you decide on 
Bet she’s in heaven now bless her!
She was trying to hide while in my hands. Poor little pudding! So the previous owners who bought a pig despite not really wanting one have really done a number on her. I think convincing her we're friends is going to take a good few weeks. And sadly better photos of her will take a while. This is where I wish we had another pig. Safety in numbers afterall.
Cleo was originally from a breeder who obviously hadn’t handled her at all and she was so scared when she came, would try and jump out of hands (from a height! 
