Friday, July 29, 2011

Agent I Cute Nail Cutting Cuddles



This is how Mummy has to hold Iron Hamster to cut his front nails we are glad to see that this technique works with Agent I as well.

Iron Hamster refuses all treats while his nails are cut but Agent I in true piggy form munches the whole time.

In this pigture Agent I is being held by his auntie while his mummy cuts his nails.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Warning Gentlemen Cute Overload



We did warn you....


Agent Addytudy shows us her favourite cuddle position.

What a cute patchwork tummy she has

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Playing Food ball....




Totally forgot to add our Uncle Professor Igor wrote a PLAY (Piggies like Activities and Yummies) article about playing food ball...
http://www.guinygirlz.nl/WinkyGang/Igor%27s%20PLAY/PlayFoodball.HTML

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Stormy weather...

Just now we heard a crashing noise, the chestnut tree in front of our house was blown over by the current stormy weather..
Mom and dad really liked this tree as it blocked the view to the newly built
Apartment building behind...
Luckily nothing was hit, but we will miss this tree. Especially as it survived the whole building process..





Agents Wheeker, lily'Explorer, lil'Woop and Valentino

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Yet Another Mystery Visitor



Agent Firenze reporting.

We have a visitor here at Piggyfriends and it is eating OUR veggies!

I can't make it out as it seems to be carrying its pigloo around with it. Some of the older agents tell me not to worry as they have seen it here before but it always goes home again before the veggies run out.

It certainly eats very slowly and I am sure that I could snatch that cucumber away before it notices.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Sleeping method in the hay rack

Agent Wheeker in the Hayrack, in the front the top of
lil'woop, and in the back Agent Valentino
Our cousins agent Chanel, Bo Peep and uncle agent I came to visit as auntie Janneke was on holiday.
We both liked the hay rack, they had in their sleep-over cage, as the pictures all show...

Agent Chanel in the hayrack, on the right Agent I
on the left Bo Peep
Agent Wheeker in rack, Valentino and Lily'explorer
Agent Wheeker in the hay rack again...

Agent lil'Woop in the hay rack

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Agent Wheeker doing a silent rumble

Our 'little' agent Wheeker was trying out her rumblestrut,
she didn't make any rumbling sounds with it, but she sure looked cute!

Monday, June 20, 2011

Agent I visiting the Guinygirlz

After our dear auntie Yaya (agent Piggy galore) passed away, our Uncle Igor came to visit us for the weekend. This way slaves hoped he wouldn't feel to alone. All the Guinygirlz were very interested in him (and the Hay!). Here's a small video our slaves made of the visit:

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Giving piggies medicines by syringe

Actually we do not want to cooperate for this post, but as it's sometimes important to get medicines inside us, we are writing a post about
"How do slaves give unwilling piggies their medicines?"

Many piggie meds are in a fluid form, and can be given by syringe (without a needle!)
How do the slaves get it there?
Our guinea pig guru Peter Gurney tells us to wrap the piggy in a towel.
We do not use his exact way. Here is a more general description by Peter on how to get meds in the guinea pig.
Most important point about syringe feeding, administer slowly! Do not squirt the whole syringe content in our mouths in one go!
Also a tip from dad, direct the syringe towards the cheeks, so you don't get the meds squirted in the back of your throat.
We are put on a towel, the back will be wrapped over our butt, this way we can't back up. Then the sides are wrapped around us.
This should look something like this...
Daisy demonstrates...
Some of us will refuse the syringe, that's why it is important to wrap us up tightly. Try to get our little front paws in as well, cause we can use them to wriggle out of slaves grip...
Lily being a really sweet pig most of the time,
detests the syringe!
Some pigs do not seem to mind the syringe at all, or will get used to it after a while. Our Chico is one of those model pigizens, even grabbing the syringe for more..
Chico looks quite relaxed when taking his meds,
(usually) there's no need for wrapping him!

More tips for administering medicines also in powder or pill form are welcome!
For the slaves that is...

So all be good pigs when taking your meds!

Agents Wheeker, Lily'explorer and Valentino
Is he actually smiling? Weird pig that Chico..

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Piggyfriends Workout

Agent Flower here. After seeing Agent Chanel's exercise regime, I thought that I would share some of our workout photos.


First of all, here I am after jumping on a box.




Here is our mentor, Hope, sitting on her box. She taught me and my friend Agent Bouquet to do this when we first arrived at Piggyfriends and we like to run along the row of boxes, disturbing Agent Big Red and Dandelion who might be sleeping below.



Next you can see Lavender, who lives next door to us.........



........and as you can see in this pigture she has copied Hope.




And finally, one from the Piggyfriend Archives. Here is our late spokespig, Gulliver, who took exercise to the nth. degree. He was always very energetic and not only jumped up and down from his box but slept on it too. We think that he did this so that he could alert us all to the approach of veggies.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Stampede

Agent I has let me in on a secret; flashing camera's are usually followed by food.

*FLASH*
That explains so much! I just thought Agent I was starstruck with fame.. Turns out he was just food obsessed (and we all know that's normal for a guinea pig)

*STAMPEDE*

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Good Morning with Agent Chanel

Pepper... die soms best lief en rustig kan zijn :-)
Pepper
Bonjour!

In the morning I like to exercise with my girl Pepper from the Gekke Flappies.

I used to do a lot of running around and lots of popcorning. And sometimes even Agent I joins in.

Recently, I added a new routine to my workout:





I climb on the roof!

*ghegheghe*
I jump off!

I climb on again, and keep doing this until old man Igor gets bored and falls asleep.

Ready?
When that happens..

COWABUNGAAAAAAAA!!!!

I jump on agent I !!!! *snigger*

What kind of morning exercises do you guys do?

Agent Chanel

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Open Day at Raystede Rescue

Piggyfriend Agents Thorntons, Venezia, Firenze and Storm would like to advertise that there is to be an Open Day on Sunday, 26th. June at the rescue from which they and some of their friends came. If anyone lives in the South East of England, they might like to go and support this worthy cause. The piggies there live in open pens like ours so the cavy house is kept closed during Open Days to prevent the piggies being hassled by visitors but they can be seen through the window and staff are on hand to help with any adoptions.
 
This is the rescue which Algernon Rat visited when he was staying here and you can see him at the entrance in the picture.
 
Visit http://www.raystede.org/ for details.
 
Thank you readers one and all.
 
NB Note to Slave. There is a new sign outside Raystede. Go and take another photo.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Monday, May 30, 2011

Bo Peep!

Hi All,

This is Agent I, and I'd like to introduce you to the newest Winky team addition.
Her name is Bo. Like Bo Peep, because she is very vocal and she also has a sheep (aka me! *gheghe*)

She is only 5 weeks old and we got her at the shelter. She got loads of pigsonality! She's active and very loud and she is already (after only 3 days being with us) teaching me and Coco how to beg for food.

She weighs 440 grams. Not bad at only five weeks!


Igor is really happy now he has a herd of 2 gorgeous girls (yes that's Igor popcorning)

Lots of wheeks!

Igor, Coco and Bo

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Sleeping Method in the Hammock

"Agents Acorn, Godiva and Mango like to sleep in a hammock from time to time. The hammock is typically Agent Mango's favorite place to sleep, but Agents Acorn and Godiva occasionally manage to sneak in a quick snooze!
Step one - Jump or climb into hammock
Step two - curl up on your side
Step three - try not to be woken up by another piggy shoving the hammock around from underneath you!"


Agent Acorn



Agent Mango


Agent Godiva

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Hullo secret agent pigs, fellow trainees and human slaves.
Mummy keeps insisting that we need exercise so she has constructed us a play pen. We have an outdoor run but the it is a bit chilly still and we are only delicate wee flowers. We enjoy popcorning and squeaking about our new playpen. There are tubes and boxes and stuff for us to chew and explore. Mummy refuses to put a snuggly bed in yet because she says we will just hide in there. Little bit rude don't you think.
A weight update too, Boomer is 645 grams, Starbuck is 686 grams.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Misfit's Luxury Grass Indoors Treat


Agent Addytudy and Amanda


Amanda and Addaline eating from mummy "oats" which she grows in a tupperware tub so we can still have grass in the icky months.
us piggies love it when its our turn for the tub of grass:)

Amanda is Addytudy's cage mate, She loves kisses. She will put her face up to the cage entrance and wait for you to kiss her! She weighs in at a whopping 943 grams. Amanda came to live with the Misfits on 7-2-08. Her estimated birthday is March 23,07.She is the mother of Agent Bam and she likes broccoli alot.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Sleeping Method on a Sock


Agent Java

"Agent Java would like to share her research regarding the On-A-Sock sleeping method, which she is demonstrating here
Step one - settle into a cozy corner of your cage
Step two - lean on your side
Step three - rest your head and chin using a stuffed sock as a pillow (may also substitute with stuffed animal plushies, other piggy, etc)
Step four - keep one eye open so slaves can't sneak over to take pictures while you are asleep!"