The Prairie Pigs Light a Candle on Peter Gurney's Birthday

This year the Prairie Pig guarding our candle is Arthur Pendragon.  We don't know if you can see it clearly, but our candle holder this time is a sleeping cat.  We chose this particular one because our most recent loss here was our cat friend Hugo, who was a calm and gentle presence in our lives for many years.  

We are looking forward to seeing pigtures of all of the other piggies from our guinea pig community around the world, standing by their candles and taking a moment to remember.  Of course we never met Peter Gurney, but Pig Mum often looks up treatments and remedies for us in his books, and we are very grateful for his vast wealth of knowledge about piggies and willingness to share that wisdom for the good of guinea pigs everywhere!

Candle Lighting Day 2025 at Piggyfriends.

On March 9th. every year, the guinea pig community lights candles at 8pm. in our own time zones. This day was chosen as it was the birthday of Peter Gurney, who wrote many books about piggies, and we remember him, our pets and our humans who have passed away.

This year we chose one of our girls to be in charge of candle lighting. Here is Heidi, who is safe with a candle as she has very short whiskers.

We also picked one of our boys to light a candle and here is Benedict.

Our friends, the Piggyville Girls from Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA also lit a candle and they sent us this photo. From left to right they are Slaney, Shannon and Ceilidh.

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