The Guinea Pig Forum: Members Pigs all in one thread!

[AudioHeart]

I've had a lovely idea and thought we could put all our current piggies in one place, so we (by 'we' I actually mean I ) can remember everyone's pigs and their names.

So to start just put a little fact file about him/her/ them.

Name:
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption:
Housing:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Personality:
Relationship Status:
Fondest Memory:
Photo:



I'll start!

Name(s): Harvey Gilamount, Arthur Tibbles and Percy-Rupert

Dates of Adoption:
Harvey and Artie 22/6/10
Percy-Roo: 22/5/11

Housing:
Harvey and Artie: 5ft x 2ft double hutch, and a 6ft x 4ft shed to themselves.
Percy-Roo: 4ft x 2ft Single Hutch.

Likes:
Harvey: Cuddles, parsley, adventures, wheeking to himself.
Artie: Tunnels, tubes, porriage oates,dark spaces and getting up to mischief.
Percy-Roo: Rocket,People, cuddles, exploring, jumping on top of anything!

Dislikes:
Harvey: Being ignored.
Artie: Cuddles, being picked up, medicine, the vets.
Percy-Roo: His back end being brushed.

Personality:
Harvey: Cheeky, bold, loyal and friendly.
Artie: Quiet, shy, adventurous.
Percy-Roo: Loyal friend, loving, intelligent

Relationship Status:
Harvey: Bonded. Enjoying life exploring with his faithful friend Artie.
Artie: Bonded. (Top Pig)
Percy-Roo: (Neutered) "Dating" and learning piggie etiquette. .

Fondest Memory/ies:
Harvey: Popcorning whenever I greet him.
Artie: Whenever the chance occurs he loves to have an adventure! Running through the neighbours gardens to catch him comes to mind...
Percy-Roo: First run time in the garden, he had the whole garden to himself and was bounding up and down in the grass, once he got to the furthest end of the garden he made a quick dash back to me to check that i was still there!

Photo:
From top, clockwise:
Percy-Roo (long haired white, grey and ginger blazed),Artie (white and ginger smooth haired) and Harvey (Harlequin Abby).

Enjoy! x

 

[Lizzie]

haha! lovely idea, but I'd take up 2 pages by myself! LOL!

 

[Hanwombat]

Name: Jake
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: 2nd February 2008
Housing: 120cm indoor cage
Likes: His blue pigloo, grass, sleeping, snuggles
Dislikes: Lentil humping him, carrots
Personality: My little doggy
Relationship Status: Taken (BY ME!)
Fondest Memory: Him snuggling up to Hector as he knew he was dying (he was a caring brother)
Photo:

Name: Lentil
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: Not sure but around April 2010
Housing: 120cm indoor cage
Likes: Humping Jake, grass
Dislikes: BOUNTY
Personality: Grumpy yet cute
Relationship Status: Taken my Nerys
Fondest Memory: Popcorning on the bed
Photo:

Name: Bounty
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: 25th September 2010
Housing: 100cm indoor cage
Likes: Attention and LOVES carrots
Dislikes: Other pigs it seems at the moment
Personality: Mental
Relationship Status: Single by choice
Fondest Memory: Getting him from Allan (tillythepig)
Photo:

Name: Loki
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: 27th April 2011
Housing: 120cm indoor cage
Likes: Squeaking and eating
Dislikes: Not sure
Personality: Adorable fuzzy cuteness
Relationship Status: Taken by Nia
Fondest Memory: Photos of him with Butterscotch x)
Photo:

Name: Sky
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: January 2011
Housing: 120cm indoor cage
Likes: Everything
Dislikes: Not sure
Personality: Very laid back
Relationship Status: Single, though sweet Telyn showed interested
Fondest Memory: None yet
Photo:

 

[gizmo01]

names: Gizmo and piglet (rescued from a lady about a year ago) rocky (unwanted pew jan) humphrey (feb), bill and ben (rescued in may

ages: 6months-18months

housing: three hutches two in each hutch.

likes: their bendy tubes grass, cuddles, piglet likes sun bathing. rocky and Humphrey are fruit bats and like swimming :-) bill and humphrey like to lick you.

dislikes: vets and rain


Relationship Status: all bonded pairs, rocky broke into Humphreys hutch to find him :-)

best when cuddling on the sofa or exploring the garden.

gizmo on the rampage!

piglet exhausted from all that eating :-)

bath time.

bill.

ben.

groupd shot, can * spot humphrey kissing rocky :-) x)

 

[Julesie]

Name: Gilbert and Ludwig

Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: August 2010.

Housing: 3 and a half foot length, two foot width. And it has two levels.

Likes:

Ludwig: snoozing, climbing up the site of the cage for attention, cucumber, popcorning to the hoover.

Gilbert: Being cheeky to Ludwig, carrots, baths and being dried, snoozing.
Dislikes:

Ludwig: Being touched and grabbed.

Gilbert: Nothing really.

Personality:

Ludwig: Very cheeky. Nicknamed my little git. Intelligent. Brave.
Gilbert: Wimp. Flirt. Cheeky. Lazy.

Relationship Status:
Ludwig: Bonded to Gilbert. Submissive I guess. He was the dominant but didn't mind giving it up when Gilbert started being a rascal.

Gilbert: Bonded to Ludwig. Dominant. Often tries to show dominance around Ludwig which he ignores.

Fondest Memory:

Ludwig: Seeing him stand up on the cage, lightly pushing his nose through the bars to get my attention whenever he wants something. If I don't see him he likely chats his teeth to get it. He has me well trained.

Gilbert: The day he finally became brave enough to take food from my hand and not run away whenever I was near the cage.

Gilbert - Left
Ludwig - right nomming his favourite food. xx>>>
Photo:

 

[Shellza]

Great idea...

Name(s): Lexi, Freya and Archie

Date of birth:
Archie: 15th July 2010
Lexi and Freya: August 2009

Housing:
2ft x 4ft double hutch with 3ft x 2ft attached run (temporary home). Used to be (and will be) 3ft x 3ft C&C.

Likes:
Lexi- Food, food and...food
Freya- Hiding, rocket and the occasional cuddle
Archie- Tummy tickles, head scratches, cuddles

Dislikes:
Lexi- Being caught, not being fed
Freya- Not much...she's too shy to object to anything
Archie- Hair brushes or cuts, nail clipping

Personality:
Lexi- Greedy, cuddly
Freya- Very timid, but curious
Archie- Bold, courageous, cheeky, adventurous...he has such a character

Relationship Status:
Lexi and Freya are sisters and both happily share Archie

Fondest Memory:
Lexi's escapades around my room with Freya tagging along behind.
Wherever Lexi goes on her adventures, Freya will follow her every footstep. If Lexi goes to investigate something then move on, Freya will do exactly the same.
Archie coming to my call and having kissies from the girls when he came back from his neutering.

Photo:

All three having a cuddle on my lap.

 

[HairlessWillow7]

Name: Bob
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: sometime in December, 2009
Housing: 5x2 cage
Likes: Food, Enrico, Fluffy
Dislikes: Not getting food
Personality: Gentle
Relationship Status: Bonded to 2 other boars
Fondest Memory: Popcorning, despite the fact that he is semi-paralyzed in the rear
Photo:

Name: Enrico
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: July 1, 2010
Housing: 5x2 cage
Likes: Food, his cagemates
Dislikes: Loud noises
Personality: timid, shy
Relationship Status: Bonded to 2 other boars
Fondest Memory: When he ran away from me during a discussion on neutering!
Photo:

Name: Fluffy
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: July 8, 2010
Housing: 5x2 cage
Likes: Food!
Dislikes: nail clipping!
Personality: curious, gentle
Relationship Status: Bonded to 2 other boars
Fondest Memory: Him running laps in the hallway
Photo:

Name: Bellatrix
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: September, 2009
Housing: 4x2 cage with 2x3 attachment
Likes: her half-sisters, food
Dislikes: baths
Personality: Shy
Relationship Status: living with her half-sisters
Fondest Memory: Her and Woog (RIP) snuggling together
Photo:

Name(s): Fermi and Luna
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: November, 2009
Housing: 2x4 with 2x3 attachment
Likes: Food, each other
Dislikes: cranberry juice!
Personality: Luna is dominant and very greedy. Fermi is timid
Relationship Status: Living with each other and half-sister Bella
Fondest Memory: The twins being bonded with Bella
Photo:

 

[HairlessWillow7]

Name: Dobby
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: July 8, 2010
Housing: 2x4 cage
Likes: Willow, food
Dislikes: no food
Personality: shy, but sometimes cheeky!
Relationship Status: bonded with Willow
Fondest Memory: She is the daughter of Luna, and was almost stillborn. Luna ignored her after giving birth and didn't chew the sac off of her. Dobby's breathing had to be stimulated by me, and it was amazing when she came to life
Photo:

Name: Willow
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: October 1, 2010
Housing: 2x4 cage
Likes: Dobby, hay
Dislikes: probiotics
Personality: Gentle and friendly
Relationship Status: Bonded to Dobby
Fondest Memory: Picking up Willow for the first time
Photo:

 

[Rosierum]

Names: Rosie,Rum,Maggie,Milkshake and Pixie

Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption:
Rosie and Rum : 9th December 2009
Maggie,Milkshake and Pixie : 30th June 2011Adopted
Maggie born : 9th June 2009
Milkshake born : August 2009
Pixie born : 25th Feb 2011


Housing: 3 by 6 C&C with a soon to be finished hayloft

Likes:
Rosie : Cuddles, giving her slave piggy kisses
Rum : Hideys and snuggly places
Maggie : Veggies and Chin tickles
Milkshake : Getting her own way and cuddles(on her terms)
Pixie : Her corner of the C&C and jumping over the edge of the correx to hide in the gap between the end of the grids and the correx (I didn't cut it as well as I hoped)

Dislikes: The whole herd : Late vegtime

Personality:
Rosie : Laid back and cuddly
Rum : Shy but has the loudest wheek

Have only had the new girls a few weeks so these are my initial thoughts

Maggie : Bold and bouncy
Milkshake : Grumpy and sweet and everything in between
Pixie : Still very shy so only time will tell. I look forward to seeing her come out of her shell

Relationship Status:
Dominant girls Rosie,Maggie and Milkshake (not sure who is top sow yet)
Sub Girls Rum and Pixie

Fondest Memory:
Rosie : The first time she licked me
Rum : Learning from Rosie how to give me kisses
Maggie,Milkshake and Pixie : So far the day I met the girls

Photo:

Rosie

Rum

Maggie

Milkshake

Pixie

 

[Amanda1801]

Name: Big Dave, Little Dave and Cardboard Box (Boxy)
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: Big Dave and Boxy approx. 4 years old, Little Dave approx 3 and a half years old (woah, I didn't realise they were so old!) I've had them all for 3 years.
Housing: C&C taking up the majority of my bedroom!
Likes: Food, food, food, sleep!
Dislikes: Asparagus, willy cleaning!
Personality: All incredibly laid back! Boxy is by far the most inquisitive pig
Relationship Status: Big Dave and Boxy are brothers, Little Dave is Big Dave's son.
Fondest Memory: Too many to choose from!
Photo: Little Dave (Left) and Big Dave, then Boxy below!

 

[Emiley]

lol it might be hard for those of us who have quite large 'herds'.
I'll try though... tonight or tomorrow

 

[Amanda1801]

Name: Jeff and Cameo
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: Jeff: Approx 18 months - 2 years, adopted April 2011, Cameo: 15 months old, Adopted last Friday!
Housing: Indoor cage taking up the rest of my bedroom!
Likes: Jeffy looooves cuddles and exploring, Cameo prefers a nice pile of hay and chilling in the pigloo.
Dislikes: Asparagus, just like the other three boys!
Personality: Jeff is the most amazing pig ever! So cheeky and chatty. Cameo is more reserved, but still getting to know her little quirks!
Relationship Status: Husband and wife
Fondest Memory: Waking up to find two furry bums poking out of the hay box, side by side!
Photo:

 

[sport_billy]

Name: Putt
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: Aug 07
Housing: Cage indoors
Likes: Parsley, Water Melon, Fresh Hay.
Dislikes: Basil, keys jangling!
Personality: Gentle, Shy, not vocal
Relationship Status: Single
Fondest Memory: The first time she felt safe enough to eat on my lap (took 2 years)
Photo:

Name: Cooke
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: Mar 11
Housing: Cage indoors
Likes: Lettuce, Parsley, Timothy Hay
Dislikes: Banana
Personality: Inquistive, Loud, Clever
Relationship Status: Living with Treacle
Fondest Memory: The first time she hung out the cage waiting for us to serve tea
Photo:

Name: Treacle
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: Mar 11
Housing: Cage indoors
Likes: Lettuce, Timothy Hay, Carrot.
Dislikes: Being picked up!
Personality: Timid but chilled out at the same time
Relationship Status: Single
Fondest Memory: The first time I saw her beautiful chicken legs
Photo:

 

[GeorgesHuman]

Aww, what a lovely thread!

Names:
George (nickname Big Pig), Elliot (nickname Smelly Elly or Elly Belly or Mr Owl) and Oscar (nickname Brother Bear)

Date of Birth:
George: 25/10/2005 Elliot: December 2010 Oscar: February 2011

Housing:
George lives alone and Oscar/Elliot housemates all in a Fop commercial home sweet homes

Likes:
George likes carrots, cucumber, chasing after PersonPerson (me!), watching the youngsters when they are up to no good, cuddles with PersonPerson and sleeping

Elliot likes wheeking, eating anything he can get his sneeeky paws on, he likes his neighbour - George, climbing, chilling out on his hammock

Oscar likes George, rumblestrutting, eating, sleeping (following in George's footsteps!), being naughty and headbutting and biting PersonPerson. It's a good job he's cute!

Dislikes:
All of them hate nail clipping

Personality:
George - Very loyal, loving, so chilled out, independant, wise old man, my best friend, loves nothing more than leaving the two babies behind and coming to sit for some alone time with the humans to watch the tv. My golden pig.

Elliot - Playful, shy, loyal to his fellow pigs, laid back and a real cutie pie. He is vocal, has a powerful wheek! The boss of the Elliot/Oscar household.

Oscar - A popcorning, rootin', tootin' ball of fun! He doesn't rely on anyone, nor any pig, just himself and he's such a babyfaced little ratbag! Incredibly good fun to be around!

Relationship Status:
George lives alone and Elliot and Oscar live together in their home which is next door to George's

Fondest Memory:
With George when he started to follow me around, when i'm pottering about the house, he's right behind me. I always think that that is an amazing bond we have and it makes my heart all warm when I think of how close we are. He truly is my best friend.

With Elliot and Oscar my best memory is when they moved in together. They are a right pair of typical boys and they are a joy to be around.

Photo:
Oscar (on left) and Elliot

George

 

[Astral Heart]

This is a cool idea, but I don't have the patience to type out all the info for my 15 Guinea pigs lolol

 

[SweetsPig11]

This should be a Sticky

I love the chance to say anything about my boys I 'm a bit obsessed.

Name:
Sweets and Fez (both males)

Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption:
Sweets, March 18, 2011
Fez, July 12, 2011

Housing:
Both, 4ft x 2ft cage

Likes:
Sweets, rumbling, parsley, grapes, sleeping, popcorning, food, CUDDLES.
Fez, hay, tunnels, sleeping, snuggling Sweets.

Dislikes:
Sweets, sharing his food... ummm... yup that's it.
Fez, Sweet's rumbling rolleyes, being touched (he's only been here for a few days so he's not so fond of snuggles yet. and taking a bath.

Personality:
Sweets, layed back likes to snuggle (thinks he's a lap dog) will do anything for parsley, smart. Top pig (for now)
Fez, a little timid, likes to follow sweets and mimic what he does. Happy boy

Relationship Status:
Sweets, BONDED (finally)
Fez, BONDED to Sweets

Fondest Memory:
Sweets, the first time he popcorned and looked like a crazy person lol and also the first time he wheeked for food x)
Fez, bringing him home and the introduction going well

Photo:
Fez (left) Sweets (right)

 

[Pat Shields]

Redemption

Name: Redemption (a/k/a Red)
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: June 25, 2011 (rescued from horrible conditions, he was in a yard sale)
Housing: He is currently in the bottom of an extra-large dog crate, about 36 inches x 42 inches. I have the crate on the work bench in the garage.
Likes: A few days ago he was excited over fresh corn. Now he likes for me to whistle at him when I'm in the garage.
Dislikes: He never did like broccoli or green peppers. He also doesn't like loud noises.
Personality: Hard to tell, he is so young and appears to be forming. But he does jump around a lot when I'm whistling at him, and he actually comes over to sniff my face or hand, so he seems to be inquisitive and maybe even affectionate.
Relationship Status:
Fondest Memory: Still new at making them. Not a fond memory, but a striking one, is his appearance when I first saw him, a little baby guinea pig in a plastic Habitrail enclosure made for a mouse, covered in urine, and nothing but cat food to eat. His eyes were pleading, or so it seemed to me.
Photo:

 

[CandyFloss]

ok ...here goes

Name: Sherbet
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: October 2009/ Jan 2010
Housing: 7 foot x 28" 2 storey C&C cage shared with 4 others
Likes: tomato, hay, parsley, grass
Dislikes: being caught
Personality: She's a really really sweet piggy with all the others. Her friend was pregnant when I got them both and Sherbet stayed with her throughout the pregnancy and birth and helped with her 3 sow babies who she is 'aunty' to. She is also my bell ringing piggy and is my alarm clock
Relationship Status: Lives with her friend and 3 'nieces'
Fondest Memory: Watching Sherbet help Ebony with her babies and seeing her popcorn
Photo:

Name: Ebony
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: unknown / Jan 2010
Housing: 7 foot x 28" 2 storey C&C cage shared with her 3 daughters and Sherbet (above)
Likes: hay, parsley, grass, chin tickles, being put back in her cage rolleyes
Dislikes: being woken up when she's asleep
Personality: She's a really sweet calm piggy. She came to me pregnant and I hadnt a clue.... luckily she did all the work herself and is a fantastic mum to her 3 daughters.
Relationship Status: Lives with her 3 daughters and her friend Sherbet
Fondest Memory: Seeing her give birth to her babies and looking after them so well
Photo:

More to follow....

 

[CandyFloss]

Name: Truffles
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: 25 Feb 2010
Housing: 7 foot x 28" 2 storey C&C cage shared with her mum, Ebony, her 2 sisters and Sherbet (above)
Likes: hay, parsley, grass, russling bags, popcorning
Dislikes: ?
Personality: She's a sensible piggy and quite confident
Relationship Status: Lives with her 2 sisters, her mum and 'aunty' Sherbet
Fondest Memory: Seeing her popcorn and run through tunnels and generally being a happy piggy
Photo:

Name: Smartie
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: 25 Feb 2010
Housing: 7 foot x 28" 2 storey C&C cage shared with her mum, Ebony, her 2 sisters and Sherbet (above)
Likes: russling bags, popcorning, foooooood
Dislikes: being picked up
Personality: She's a fun piggy and does extreme popcorning a lot
Relationship Status: Lives with her 2 sisters, her mum and 'aunty' Sherbet
Fondest Memory: Watching her popcorn. She is also always the first piggy to try new things (along with Sherbet)
Photo:

Name: Rolo
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: 25 Feb 2010
Housing: 7 foot x 28" 2 storey C&C cage shared with her mum, Ebony, her 2 sisters and Sherbet (above)
Likes: food, fresh hay, tunnels
Dislikes: being picked up
Personality: She generally gets on well with her cagemates and is a little more shy than the others
Relationship Status: Lives with her 2 sisters, her mum and 'aunty' Sherbet
Fondest Memory: When Sherbet showed her how to ring the bell....she's Sherbets understudy
Photo:

More to follow....
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[CandyFloss]

Name: Cookie
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: ?/October 2010
Housing: 7 foot x 28" C&C cage shared with her 2 friends - Candy and Toffee (below)
Likes: cuddles, hay, parsley, grass
Dislikes: getting her feet cleaned, tonail clipping time
Personality: She's a cuddly piggy
Relationship Status: Lives with her 2 friends
Fondest Memory: Cuddling her
Photo:

Name: Candy
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: ?/October 2010
Housing: 7 foot x 28" C&C cage shared with her 2 friends - Cookie (above) and Toffee (below)
Likes: chin tickles, hay, parsley, grass
Dislikes: having her hair trimmed or brushed
Personality: She's a friendly piggy
Relationship Status: Lives with her 2 friends
Fondest Memory: everything .... she's just lovely all the time
Photo:

Last but certainly not least.....
Name: Toffee
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: ?/October 2010
Housing: 7 foot x 28" C&C cage shared with her 2 friends - Cookie and Candy (above)
Likes: spinach, running like a rocket, being faster than fast, wheeking when caught
Dislikes: being caught
Personality: She's my little rocket and FULL of pigsonality - always on the go she never sleeps.....
Relationship Status: Lives with her 2 friends
Fondest Memory: everything .... seeing her recover from teeth problems and a big abscess operation, watching her put on weight and change from a mouse to a piggy.
Photo:

Thats it from me
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[Posiesparkles]

Name: Storm
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: March 2006
Housing: In indoor c and c cage
Likes: Parsley, dandelions, red chard, vine tomatoes, cosies, snuggling into hay, being fussed whilst having some noms.
Dislikes: Syringes and vets!
Personality: Friendly, knows what she wants, stands her ground when it's worth it but otherwise laid back.
Relationship Status: Bonded with her sister Misty
Fondest Memory: Too many, every time she runs up to say hi and snuffles my fingers waiting for treats my heart melts! When she was little she used to use me as a climbing frame when out for floor time and then snuggle up in my lap for a snooze!
Photo:

Name: Mystique (Misty)
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: March 2006
Housing: In indoor c and c cage
Likes: Leafy salad, melon, pretty much anything edible plus nibbling at newspaper etc!
Dislikes: Having her nails cut, she bites her daddy all the time he is doing it unless she is distracted by noms!
Personality: Friendly but only likes being stroked on your lap, if you stroke her in her house she bucks away, nosy, vocal, wants to be top pig but will let Storm have her own way too, fussy about which house she sleeps in.
Relationship Status: Bonded with her sister Storm.
Fondest Memory: Too many, every time she runs up to say hi my heart melts! Love it when she is having floor and lap time as then she is so cuddly. Funniest memory is when she was on husband's lap, reversed off of time to do a massive wee on me, when went back to him! Charming!

Photos:
She is not as much of a poser as Storm so it is harder ...

Great idea Audioheart!

 

[Pigmad]

Such a great thread!

i'll start with JJ and Ted

DOB: JJ december 2007 Ted 18/04/11

Housing: 120cm indoor cage

Likes: they love cuddles, burying themselves in big piles of hay, garden time in the run

Dislikes: Vets, having their nails clipped and also bathtime

Personality: JJ is very cheeky but also very loving, and Ted is very loud and very cheeky!

Relationship status: Bonded together since the end of may 2011

Fondest Memory: the day we brought home Ted as a friend for JJ you'd think they'd been friends forever

 

[xBeckyx]

Name: Wallace
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: 19/08/2010 Adopted, Born sometime in 2006/2007 *age unknown*
Housing: 4ft x 2ft hutch with 6ft run
Likes: All food, pig kisses
Dislikes: Being cleaned or fed second to 'the couple'
Personality: Big! Friendly and interested pig
Relationship Status: Bonded to his 'brother' Darwin
Fondest Memory: Seeing him popcorn for the first time
Photo:Wallace




Name: Darwin
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: 19/08/2010 adopted, born sometime 2006/2007 *age unknown*
Housing: 4ft x 2ft hutch with 6ft run
Likes: Wallace, sleeping in readi-grass, looking at Alvin, his cosy
Dislikes: Been seperated from Wallace
Personality: Quiet, the *brains* of the duo
Relationship Status: Bonded to 'brother' Wallace
Fondest Memory: Seeing him asleep and calm in his readi-grass
Photo: Darwin




Name: Alvin
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: 06/12/2010 / 08/05/2011
Housing: 4ft x 2ft hutch and a 7ft run
Likes: His wife, hiding in the hay, carrots, Looking at Darwin
Dislikes: Loud noises
Personality: Shy, submissive, cute!
Relationship Status: Married to new wife Peppa
Fondest Memory: Seeing how happy he was when we introduced his new wife after been on his own for 4 weeks post-neuter
Photo: Alvin & Peppa




Name: Peppa
Date of Birth/ Date of Adoption: Adopted 12/06/2011 born sometime at the start of 2010
Housing: 4ft x 2ft hutch with a 7ft run
Likes: Food (especially cabbage), sitting on Alvin
Dislikes: Having hair brushed, been fed after 'the boys', Alvin eating more than she does
Personality: Naughty, cheeky, can be bossy with Al (but not in a mean way)
Relationship Status: Happily bossing around (married to) toyboy Alvin
Fondest Memory: Seeing her popcorn on grass for the first time (probably in her life)
Photo: Peppa eating dandelion

 

[Pigmad]

Name : Ruby (Aby) Lucy (smooth)

DOB : Ruby 16/07/10 Lucy 05/05/10 (full sisters)

Housing : 120cm indoor cage

Likes : all food, escaping from their cage, biting mummy's hands

Dislikes : waiting too long for their veggies, bathtime, being cuddled for too long

Personality : Moody, impatient, inquisitive

Relationship Status : Bonded

Fondest Memory : seeing Ruby popcorn for the 1st time and it scaring Lucy

Lucy

Ruby

 

[Pigmad]

Name : Rose

DOB : unknown, adopted in september 2008

Housing : 100cm indoor cage

Likes : Carrots, readigrass, being lazy

Dislikes : Bladder stones, loud noises, and mummy's kisses! other piggies

Personality : laid back, quiet, nosey

Relationship Status : single after losing her friend Martha in may

Fondest Memory : seeing her and martha roam around in a massive cage for the first time in god knows how long

Name : Olga

DOB : september 2008

Housing : 100cm indoor cage

Likes : biting people, eating her cosy, generally being naughty

Dislikes : cuddles, other piggies

Personality : naughty, cheeky and a bit of a snob

Relationship Status : Single

Fondest Memory : first time i gave her a bath, not impressed!

 

[Guinea pigs <3]

Brilliant idea...i'm away this wheekend (but still managed to find a sneaky half hour to get on the forum ) so will add to it when i get back on Monday xx>>>

 

[PiggyLove]

Name: Abby
Date of Birth: 23 Feb 2011
Date of Adoption: May 2011
Weighs: 800g
Housing: soon to be C&C cage
Likes: Abby is into everything, jumping onto anything loves pulling my top with her teeth. Loves running around the floor at full speed popcorning and chasing Jemma teasing Jemma. Licks Jemmas ears. Licks my skin too LOL. Adores hay tomatoes lettuce & carrots & cucumber
Dislikes: Kale. Doesnt like chin being rubbed
Personality: Abby was runt of the littler so needed extra care to grow strong = she was always 50g lower in weight to Jemma but now has caught up. Abby is submissive, sweet, chilled but also is a little cheaky its so endearing. She loves being a jumpy skippy bundle of joy.
Relationship Status: Sister of Jemma
Fondest Memory: Abby popcorning and running around hopping after food. Flattens her body like a pancake when I cuddle her and when she relaxes. SHe also pushes he back feet out when she flattens her body relaxing its so cute
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Name: Jemma
Date of Birth: 23 Feb 2011
Date of Adoption: May 2011
Weighs: 800g
Housing: soon to be C&C cage
Likes: Jemma loves to hide and loves snuggles. Loves running around the floor at full speed popcorning and chasing Abby. Adores lettuce & carrots & cucumber
Dislikes: Kale. Doesnt like chin being rubbed
Personality: Jemma is boss pig more laid back loves to be adored.
Relationship Status: Sister of Abby
Fondest Memory: Jemma snuggles into me. Adventurous always trying to figure out a little escape route or find somewhere to hide.
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Name: Piggy RIP
Date of Birth: 20 Sept 2009-20 June 2011
Date of Adoption: Feb 2010
Housing: good size cage bought from petshop
Likes: Loves his chin being rubbed and would lift his head up high. adored kissing my nose and face lots and lots, knew his name, knew my every move and anticipated what i would do before i did it, loved snuggles, greeted me in morning and when i come home. Adores cucumber and kale and parsley. Loved running around the floor. Loves lying on the carpet after his run and pushing his front paws out like he is ready for a manicure
Dislikes: sound of a male voice. Travelling in car to vets and piggy boarding
Personality: Bold as a lion, loving, patient, kind, protective even towards me when the plumber came over he was up at his cage all concerned
Relationship Status: Boyfriend to Abby & Jemma for only 1 month. Like a son to me
Fondest Memory: His kisses and his little rose petal ears and his loud wheeeeek. Him coming to me for safety at vets anywhere he would always know where i was and come towards me and try jump on my shoulder for safety.
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[janew]

Great idea for a thread. Here goes:

Names:
J, Smudge and Spike

Date of birth:
J – July 2009
Smudge and Spike – March 2010

Housing:
J and Smudge share a 6ft double hutch, and Spike lives in a 6ft single hutch.

Likes:
Smudge – any food he can eat, fresh hay, chin rubs, squeaking
Spike – climbing, jumping and chewing, and nibbling the cat’s fur and whiskers
J – eating and sleeping, snuggling and having cuddles (when he’s in a good mood)

They all love grass time and socialising together.

Dislikes:
Being caught!

Personality:
J – Cuddly, moody, lovable, quiet
Smudge – Crazy, lively, loud, friendly, greedy, inquisitive
Spike – Little pig, big squeak! Quite timid but very cheeky, lively and adventurous

Relationship status:
All 3 live on their own but close to each other, and they have regular social sessions together

Fondest memory:
J – the first time he snuggled into my lap when he finally realised that I’m not a monster
Smudge – the first time I saw him when I knew straight away that he was full of character and personality
Spike – his first time on the grass when he ran around popcorning and squealing like a lunatic for almost an hour

Spike:

Smudge:

J-boy fuzzy pig:

 

[Claire W]

Fab idea

Name: Eliza
Date of adoption: 29th November 2007
Housing: 6ft by 2ft by 2ft single story hutch with her 3 friends
Likes: Most veg, grass, lazing around
Dislikes: Being cuddled for to long

Name: Eleanor
Date of adoption: 17th April 2009
Housing: 6ft by 2ft by 2ft single story hutch with her 3 friends
Likes: Most veg, grass, lazing around
Dislikes: Banana

Name: Erin
Birthday: 23rd January 2010
Housing: 6ft by 2ft by 2ft single story hutch with her 3 friends
Likes: Most veg, snuggling with her friends, popcorning
Dislikes: Bring by herself

Name: Ena
Birthday: 29th May 2010
Housing: 6ft by 2ft by 2ft single story hutch with her 3 friends
Likes: Most veg, popcorning, playing
Dislikes: Being brushed

The 4 girls are a bonded group

 

[Wiebke]

Gosh! You aren't asking for much, are you?

Adopted: May 2009, aged ca. 10 months. Skittish unloved children's ex-pet with razor sharp baby claws named Lottie.
Likes: Grass
Dislikes: Having her authority as head sow challenged.
Personality: Used to be a devil disguise and full of nervous energy, but has calmed down a lot now.
Fondest memory: How quickly she responded to tlc and turned into a happy piggy.

Relationship: Sister of Nia, used to be Dotty.
Likes: FOOD. Has redefined the measure of a mouthful.
Dislikes: Having her personal space invaded.
Personality: Chilled out, but can be grumpy on occasion. Has a mean back gear.
Fondest memory: How patient she was when little Telyn had her first season and used to mount her all day.

Adopted: August 2009, aged ca. 1 year. Was part of the Gateshead rescue in June 2009. Mother to Telyn.
Likes: Being with lots of other piggies.
Dislikes: Being taken away from other piggies.
Personality: Was extremely skittish and took months to bring round. She is the "mother" of the Tribe, being liked and respected by everypig. Sadly, she is blind with cataracts now.
Fondest memory: Despite being now blind on both eyes herself, Taffy was the first to lick Tegyd's cataract eye!

Adopted: October 2009. Nervous ex-breeder sow named Peggy. Age: around 1 year?
Likes: Routine and confined spaces.
Dislikes: Any changes. Will balk at the wrong colour fleece, surface texture (like sheet of plastic), new food, strangers being in the way - the list is long!
Personality: Very timid and not very bright, but a sweet girl. Is always the last to turn up for dinner.
Fondest memory: Luring her inch by inch down the length of the living room over the course of a whole month until she dared to join the others for dinner under the dining table.

Adopted: Came from the same place as Cariad. Probably related to some degree. Was Maggie and used to live together in the same group as Cariad. At a guess, similar age or a bit older as Cariad.
Likes: Being in the run.
Dislikes: Having her nails cut.
Personality: Is a friendly girl who likes to be in the know.
Fondest Memory: Ceri climbing upright on the mesh to get more grass.