Pigjes
Junior Guinea Pig
8
I will keep stuff about my pigs in this one topic in future, makes it easier for everyone to keep track.
When I was 4, my dad brought home a few pigs from his job, pigs nobody wanted at his school. That's how a tradition to rescue pigs was started. Dad loved pigs and it crossed over instantly to me. I do not remember much of the pigs when I was young, as they lived outdoors and due to lack of vets who cared, died fast too. My dad was a farm boy and he was able to manage their health as best as he could.
In 1986, I brought my first piggie indoors. People said that I would bring disease indoors, etc and called my poor Wheeter vermin. Due to decent info, I read a book which falsely instructed me to make him live alone. Luckily, after supervision, he lived his life with the cats, who loved him as a kitten. The petsitter let a dog play with him and he got killed at the age of 8, poor pig! My ex was angry because I cried and forbid me to get another pig, as he hated them anyway. Needless to say it was part of the reason I left him soon after and divorced him.
Lucky me, current hub adores piggies! He can't go through a toy store without looking for something for the pigs!
I have had lots of piggies and fell in love with their own special character. We currently only have 2, but will have 4 again in the distant future, as current plans means we'd better limit the amount of pigs. Can't disclose about the plans just yet
Still, over 40 years later since I had pigs, the amount of decent vets is extremely low in our country and the way they care about pigs is still not up to the standard it should have to be, like many of you take for granted. I had to learn about health as much as possible myself, although I am against self medicating and diagnosing completely, it is a necesstity living in Belgium to make pigs survive. :...
So, this is my pigs's cage. It's almost 4 meters / 13 feet long and 0.8m / 2.3 foot wide. It has served for up to 5 pigs in the past:
Currently 2 inhabitants. Woozy is almost 4, a tricolor Rex (cream - buff - chocolate). She’s sweet, but scared of her own shadow at times. I think she came from a place where she got scared heavily, her twin sister was like that too.
And last but not least: Plucky! A cute kisser and far too smart for her own good, lol! She’s almost 3 and she’s a light gray Rex. She's currently recovering from her surgery for ovarian cysts, which unfortunately her twin sister Bubbly didn't survive (bad reaction to painkiller).
I will keep stuff about my pigs in this one topic in future, makes it easier for everyone to keep track.When I was 4, my dad brought home a few pigs from his job, pigs nobody wanted at his school. That's how a tradition to rescue pigs was started. Dad loved pigs and it crossed over instantly to me. I do not remember much of the pigs when I was young, as they lived outdoors and due to lack of vets who cared, died fast too. My dad was a farm boy and he was able to manage their health as best as he could.
In 1986, I brought my first piggie indoors. People said that I would bring disease indoors, etc and called my poor Wheeter vermin. Due to decent info, I read a book which falsely instructed me to make him live alone. Luckily, after supervision, he lived his life with the cats, who loved him as a kitten. The petsitter let a dog play with him and he got killed at the age of 8, poor pig! My ex was angry because I cried and forbid me to get another pig, as he hated them anyway. Needless to say it was part of the reason I left him soon after and divorced him.
Lucky me, current hub adores piggies! He can't go through a toy store without looking for something for the pigs!
I have had lots of piggies and fell in love with their own special character. We currently only have 2, but will have 4 again in the distant future, as current plans means we'd better limit the amount of pigs. Can't disclose about the plans just yet
Still, over 40 years later since I had pigs, the amount of decent vets is extremely low in our country and the way they care about pigs is still not up to the standard it should have to be, like many of you take for granted. I had to learn about health as much as possible myself, although I am against self medicating and diagnosing completely, it is a necesstity living in Belgium to make pigs survive. :...
So, this is my pigs's cage. It's almost 4 meters / 13 feet long and 0.8m / 2.3 foot wide. It has served for up to 5 pigs in the past:
Currently 2 inhabitants. Woozy is almost 4, a tricolor Rex (cream - buff - chocolate). She’s sweet, but scared of her own shadow at times. I think she came from a place where she got scared heavily, her twin sister was like that too.
And last but not least: Plucky! A cute kisser and far too smart for her own good, lol! She’s almost 3 and she’s a light gray Rex. She's currently recovering from her surgery for ovarian cysts, which unfortunately her twin sister Bubbly didn't survive (bad reaction to painkiller).
