so excited, piggies again

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well, its been far too long since we had piggies in this family (a week is too long but its been well over a year now) since i had to rehome my beautiful babies when times got tough. I'm now working part time to bring in a bit of extra cash, and had been considering a pair/trio of girls for us. my friend then told us before christmas that she was taking in a pair of very young sows who were not handled at all, and had been left with a boar in a cage together. the woman who owned them said she didnt want them all anymore, she was giving up breeding, and they might be pregnant :( and wanted my friends work place to drop them in with their guinea pigs.

so my friend took these 2 extremely frightened girls home and gave them a warm loving home. they are now getting a little happier with human interaction and a couple of weeks ago, 1 gave birth to 5 babies. 2 girls and 3 boys. she offered me the 2 girls, as she cant keep any of the youngsters. i happily agreed to take them on. she is just waiting to see if the other sow is likely to have any, but so far shes put on a lot of weight as she was very undernourished, but doesnt appear to be pregnant. she is very experienced with guinea pigs as she works at a farm park where they breed them and she is working with them day in day out.

so in a few weeks, we will have guineas again :)) I'm hoping she can sort out a 3rd sow to go in with the 2 she has as i would much rather a trio than a pair so if something happens to 1, its no great rush to find a new friend for the lonely pig.

we have the indoor cage all sorted for them, ready to house them until warmer weather when they will have a large 4-5ft double hutch to enjoy, and a nice run to graze in the garden.
 
aww congrats on your new piggies :) for 3 however they will need a minimum of 5ft by 2ft.

could you not have start with 2 piggies and add a third one later?
 
we dont have the hutch yet, and will be going for as big a hutch as we can, if we just get the 2 i will be looking at 4-5ft x 2ft we have found a couple we kind of like but not sold on yet, hopefully 5ft+, if we have 3 we will be probably building out own which would be minimum 6ft x 2ft plus extra run with constant access :)) tho even with just 2 I'm trying to convince OH we need to build our own at that size ;)
 
yeah, congrats i bet you cant wait, i hate the period inbetween having piggies and not having piggies.

What a shame you had to rehome your previous ones, i would be totally devastated if i had that decision to make :(
 
these are their first pics, from just after she sexed these 2 as sows. the black and white is called penny, and the brown and white is nancy x)

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doglovinpiggylover said:
yeah, congrats i bet you cant wait, i hate the period inbetween having piggies and not having piggies.

What a shame you had to rehome your previous ones, i would be totally devastated if i had that decision to make :(
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it was heart braking, they lived free range in a 6ftx4ft shed with permanent access to a paved run area approx 6ftx8ft, and they had a separate run on the grass in nice weather. all but 1 were rescues, and i made sure all went to great new homes. i would love to re-set this up but OH says no so will just stick with the pair we have on the way, possibly to be made a trio in the near future :)
 
awwww they are gorgeous, really lovely. I love the name Nancy (my previous dog who was my best friend ever was called Nancy) x)
 
if you look closely at one of the pictures, her front toe is on the name nancy on the magazine, penny had her name almost instantly it just popped to mind, nancy picked her own x)
 
kelspiggies said:
if you look closely at one of the pictures, her front toe is on the name nancy on the magazine, penny had her name almost instantly it just popped to mind, nancy picked her own x)
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ha ha ha love it....all Nancy's are top bananas in my book x)
 
Congratulations hun, they are gorgeous! I remember my cavy-less years between losing my beloved Siouxsie and getting my legend Charlie... bad years they were!:(
Piggies are wonderful creatures!:))
 
good news, have moved things around in the garden and created a nice spot for the new hutch and run to be built, so it will be a custom made 6ftx2ft double hutch, bedroom at the top, ramp down to bottom level for food, water etc, walk through side door for them to get out into a 4ftx2ft paved run. so it will be 10ft long by 2ft wide plus their bedroom at the top which will be 4ft x 2ft with separate bedroom boxes incase they want to stay apart at all. they will also have a run to go out onto the grass in when I'm home which will be approx 2ft x 6ft.
 
Oh Kelly i didnt realise you were back on the forum. Pleased your able to have piggies again.x)

Maisey, Barney, Pixie and Meg are all doing well still at Karens. Barney must be nearly five now! x)

Looking forward to seeing pics of your newbys grow.

Lindsay x
 
lindsay7 said:
Oh Kelly i didnt realise you were back on the forum. Pleased your able to have piggies again.

Maisey, Barney, Pixie and Meg are all doing well still at Karens. Barney must be nearly five now!

Looking forward to seeing pics of your newbys grow.

Lindsay x
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x) aww my little guys, i miss them terribly still. barney was the most awesome mr piggy ive ever had, so unique in every way :0 miss them so much, and maisey, bless her, such a sweet heart x) I'm so pleased they are doing well still. they were my favourite 4 of all my guineas i had, i tried so hard to keep them. so pleased they are enjoying their lives xx>>>

the 4 i have taken in are really really hard work, i cant get near them, theres a bully pig and a very much submissive pig and 2 who pretty much ignore the others. they have been badly neglected :( i am working too now so not as much spare piggy time as id like. the 2 little baby girls are going to be bonded with these 4 if i am certain boss pig is going to calm down with more space. I'm also considering taking the girls brother aswell as she has a lone boar and a pair of boars in need of rehoming. i need to find out neutering age/weight before i say yes though. even though i cant really interact with these 4 yet, i still enjoy watching them :) although not as much as i loved sitting in the shed and having all my piggies racing around me in my old set-up :( such mixed feelings at the moment.
 
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