OH not piggy lover :(

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Hey just wondered if my OH is the only one who thinks I am crazy for paying so much attention to my piggies? I was looking for a cozy for them and he said they don't need a bed, they are just animals who sleep in hay! How could he? I know he didn't want 1 piggy let alone 2 and I did talk my way into getting them but they are more than just animals to me. Is anyone elses OH like this?
 
:)) Mine was not happy when I got my pair. I then started fostering for a rescue and adopted one that I was fostering. He is still not overly fond of them but he is beginning to interact with them more. I have had mine since Feb 09 :))
hopefully your OH will come round a little quicker than my OH :)):))
 
Hannah8881 said:
Hey just wondered if my OH is the only one who thinks I am crazy for paying so much attention to my piggies? I was looking for a cozy for them and he said they don't need a bed, they are just animals who sleep in hay! How could he? I know he didn't want 1 piggy let alone 2 and I did talk my way into getting them but they are more than just animals to me. Is anyone elses OH like this?
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I am guessing that OH loves you a lot and finds it hard to share your love with the piggies. Perhaps he needs more reassurance or to feel needed by being asked to do some DIY for the piggies?
 
Yes I did think that so I have asked him to make them a run :) it will keep him busy and make my piggies very happy :D
 
caviaporcellus said:
I am guessing that OH loves you a lot and finds it hard to share your love with the piggies. Perhaps he needs more reassurance or to feel needed by being asked to do some DIY for the piggies?
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That's a fab idea - wish my OH could do DIY :(|)
 
My OH is just like that, I only have to mention pet shop, or anything conected with the girls there's the eyes to heaven and the big sigh follows soon after.
 
sorry to hear your OH is not overly keen on the piggles I am sure he will come round :)

It was actually my OH that started it he went a bought a guinea pig starter kit an cage seemed a shame to not use it lol hes aas daft on them as I am he sent me a hilarious email the other day but wrote it as if it was from Jules was fair laughing at ma desk at work lol made a crappy day a whole lot brighter :))
 
I am blessed by a very understanding OH, much as he rolls his eyes at the piggy chat and seemingly never ending amount of parcels arriving for them he adores them! Mind you he has drawn the line at 14!
 
I have a husband who doesn't like animals. He tolerates the guinea pig (after nearly 4 years!) but he won't touch him or the hamster. He resents any money spent on pets and much prefers the guinea pig in the garden to in the house.

He won't ever come round, he comes from a family of animal haters, but luckily he hasn't divorced me yet for buying two guinea pigs whilst he was at work one day!

When the one remaining guinea pig passes on, I think I will give up and just keep the hamster.
 
Awww no i am sure that seems as he has "tolerated" them for this long you may as well carry on. I was thinking the other day that now i have my 2 piggies, even once they have passed away i think i will still carry on getting them. I really enjoy having them around and i dont know what i would do if i didnt have them now lol.
 
My husband pretends to be disinterested in my girls but when one gets put on his lap he sits there talking to her n stroking her, really sweet. He does get a bit jelous that any spare cash is spent on them n not him!
 
My OH built their shed & hutches. He cleans them out & gets upset when they pass. He loves them all; piggies, rabbits, hamsters, gerbils & mice.

Last week, after a trip to Asda for a tv mag he came home with 3 carriers of reduced veg. 2 pkts gem lettuce, 2 pkts romaine hearts & 25 bags of mixed salad (after making sure there was no iceberg in them) all for the pigs, i can't fault him x)
 
I don't have a boyfriend, but if I did it'd have to be someone who loved animals! My ex loved animals too (we had a kitten) and I couldn't imagine being with someone who doesn't like them. But I have a LOT of pets so it'd be pretty important :)

Then again, I'm living with my parents and they used to just tolerate them but now quite like my pets :) but still don't love them as much as me, e.g. not wanting them in the house too much.

But like my mother HATES rodents, she's terrified of them. But one day when I had to rush out in the morning and didn't put the pigs in their run on the grass, she put them out because she felt sorry for them! That was when they were just in a hutch at night. And one time she even cleaned them out! I still can't believe she picked them up. :) And when one of them was having babies she even picked them up and helped trying to clean them and stuff.

I'm sure your OH will warm to them, if my parents could!
 
You don't actually need him to love or like them aslong as he can look after them if something happened and you could not be at home for a few days i would not worry! my dad is not keen on animals and would never choose to have them! but my mum loves animals and when i was little we had about 8 rabbits 2 cats chinchillas gerbils a dog and later ponies. He might do it begrudgingly and only for brownie points so he says but if you catch him with the animals not being watched he is loving and take pagan the pony biscuits before work etc etc.... they don't need to love them as if they love you and see how happy they make you the pets will make them happy too! hope that makes sense :)
 
Before he met me my OH hadn't even met a guinea pig properly, now he loves them! He has a much firmer hand with them than me so is the designated syringe feeder/nail clipper but he often has them out for cuddles as well :)
 
My hubby was OK for as long as we had just two guinea pigs.

But every piggy more has since been "my very last"! However, hubby has always come round eventually. He talks to the piggies a lot more now (mostly when he thinks I can't see) and was more upset than me whenever we had pts/bury a piggy! And he is extremely handy for building houses, ramps etc. right up to runs!

And he is willing to look after them whenever I am away to visit my family in Switzerland.
 
My OH is amazing but shush do not tell him that :D He loves Goofy and got upset when Tigger passed away due to his neglect. I think he genuinely cares, can stroke Goofy change his cage buys him toys and treats. He felt so guilty about Tigger that he has not even said a word when I told him I won't Goofy neutered and rehome 2 sows for him :D I guess I'm a lucky girl
 
If I go away, hubby will feed the guinea pig (or nag the children to do it) but he refuses to touch animals at all so Jack doesn't get to go in the run if I'm not there.

He is set against getting a new companion for Jack, who has now been alone for 3 weeks. I am fed up with having the same arguments again and again, so Jack will be living alone from now on :(
 
I guess i seem to be the lucky one here, like me, my boyfriend loves all animals and owns a guinea pig and 2 rats himself!
Where animal (especially piggie) mad and often just go to pet shops just to look at all the animals, trouble is, we always want to take them all home!
 
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