Free Ranger
Forum Donator 2023/24
My neighbour came round today. She is piggy experienced and is going to see to my 3 this weekend. Now I've left them in hubby's care for a few nights before but we've not all gone anywhere together since covid happened and that's quite a while. So I took her through to the kitchen and all of the pigs had vanished! They usually putter around despite 4 big people bumbling about so I was a bit surprised. I was showing the syringe to demonstrate how much metacam to give George when Flora suddenly made a break for it and shot like a blur from the front cage into the back cage as far away as she could get. A second later Louise tried to do the same although trying to bolt when you're a ball of fluff is not easy, so scaredy-pig George was able to tailgate her and cram in behind both the ladies causing wheeks of protest (what a gent) It was a new voice in the house and they were wary!
"Just offer the syringe... he'll have your hand off... he loves it" I'm saying but there no takers for the proffered syringe and I look like a big fat liar. "Come on Georgie..." but Georgie doesn't come on. "Do I have to catch him first!" laughed my piggy-sitter and I was a bit embarrassed... and not only that but when I delve in to extract George (to show which one he was) he clocked his sitter and froze solid! "Honestly, he's so easy to dose..." and in goes the syringe with no resistance - plunger depressed - all the metacam runs straight out of his mouth which is hanging open and all I could think of was that George might be better being Home Alone!
But my sitter saw the funny side and is still prepared to give it a shot and if he doesn't get all his metacam for a couple of days it's not a disaster. I thought it was bad when the kids embarrass you but when it's the guinea-pigs that's a whole new level!
"Just offer the syringe... he'll have your hand off... he loves it" I'm saying but there no takers for the proffered syringe and I look like a big fat liar. "Come on Georgie..." but Georgie doesn't come on. "Do I have to catch him first!" laughed my piggy-sitter and I was a bit embarrassed... and not only that but when I delve in to extract George (to show which one he was) he clocked his sitter and froze solid! "Honestly, he's so easy to dose..." and in goes the syringe with no resistance - plunger depressed - all the metacam runs straight out of his mouth which is hanging open and all I could think of was that George might be better being Home Alone!
But my sitter saw the funny side and is still prepared to give it a shot and if he doesn't get all his metacam for a couple of days it's not a disaster. I thought it was bad when the kids embarrass you but when it's the guinea-pigs that's a whole new level!
