We lit a candle in North Carolina

 

Happy Birthday Peter! Thank you for teaching people all over the world how to care for guinea pigs.

Cheers! From Kerry, Ceilidh and Shannon aka the Piggyville Girls from Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA. 

2026 Peter Gurney Memorial Candle Lighting for the Prairie Pigs

This lovely little lady is our Emily who bravely volunteered to represent the Prairie Pigs at this year's candle lighting (whee know our Peter Gurney candle is safely enclosed, but it still looks a tiny bit dangerous...).

This year, the day of the candle lighting comes only a week after our beloved matriarch Lovely Rita departed for the Rainbow Bridge.  Emily and her friend Charlotte were taught how to be proper guinea pigs by Lovely Rita in the first little while after they arrived here, when the two of them were only a few months old.  LR was as kind and gentle as she was beautiful, one of the Great Ladies in the history of the Prairie Pigs, and we will always remember her, on Peter Gurney Candle Lighting Day and every other day of the year too.

Here is a photo of Lovely Rita with her two tiny protégées in happier times:

 

Peter Gurney Memorial Candle Lighting 2026

It is almost 8 p.m. here in England and we are getting ready to light our candle in memory of Peter Gurney and all of our beloved guinea pigs who have departed for the Rainbow Bridge.

We are also remembering many other pets who have lived here at Piggyfriends down the years as well as our human daddy who carried bales of hay, moved pens and cut grass in all weathers for us to enjoy.

Oberon has lit our candle this year and our Slave is watching over him so that he does not singe his whiskers. A piece of his favourite celery is ensuring that he does not get too close to the flame.

We are particularly thinking about our dear Valentine whom we lost only last week. It seems appropriate to include a photo of him with his brother Rafael, who misses him greatly. Valentine is at the back of the photo.

We hope that many people have joined us in lighting their own memorial candles to keep this tradition going.

 

Slave's Christmas presents.

 Hello readers,

 
We are sorry to be very late in posting this. We need Slave's help as we are not very good at typing and she had to spend a lot of time at the vet's recently but we wanted to share with you these photos of one of her Christmas presents.

You might remember that her son has made some tiny piggy models with his 3D printer in the past. Well, two more tiny piggies arrived at Christmas and here they are.

To complement the merry medieval band of guinea pigs, we now have this brave little warrior to protect them all and a tiny druid, who is making a scroll or three about their adventures.  

Below you can them all lined up. 

 

  

Our First Holiday Photos!

We, Capy and Sephora, are very excited!  This is the first time we've had our photos taken during the Christmas holidays!  Last year, we had just come to live with our mom and were too shy to be the centre of attention.  Happily, we now feel much more confident.

 

We asked our mom to put us in the midst of the festivities, and she did!  Here we are with one of our gifts, which reads "It's Guinea Be a Good Day."

Here's hoping all of you have a New Year full of good days!

 

Merry Christmas from the Prairie Pigs

 Hello Everyone, it's me -- Arthur Pendragon.  You probably did not recognize me with the reindeer antlers, but I am here to deliver Season's Greetings from the Prairie Pigs!  Whee hope you are having a lovely time, relaxing with egg nog, candy canes and family. 

Behind me, you can see some Christmas cards with guinea pigs on them.  These came a very long way to our house, from Auntie Penny and Auntie Ann (who evidently start their Christmas planning much earlier than Pig Mum; though she does plan ahead far enough to have lots of cilantro, dandelion greens, carrots and cucumber on hand for piggy snack times, which is the most important thing, isn't it!). 

Happy Christmas from the Piggyfriends

 

Everypig was delighted to receive a Christmas card from the Surrey Squeakers and we want to share it with our readers.

 We love the piggies pulling Santa's sleigh.

 

 On behalf of all the Piggyfriends, Peaches wishes everyone and everypig a very Happy Christmas.