Padraig Sends Out St.Patrick's Day Greetings!

 Yes, it's me --- Padraig from the Prairie Pigs!  I was selected for this particular assignment because I have a fine Irish name and lots of red hair (like many Irish humans, including our Auntie Penny).

It is decidedly not green here in Saskatchewan at the moment (though we know the green is still down there under the snow), but there is lots of green inside.  Have you ever noticed how many of a guinea pig's favourite things in the world are green?  Parsley, cilantro, dandelion greens, romaine, kale, carrot tops --- I could go on and on.  (Hmmmm... I feel even more Irish, just thinking about all of that delicious crunchy greenery!)

The Prairie Pigs will be celebrating St. Paddy's Day with all of our favourite green things, and we suggest you do the same (even if it means slipping a bit of food colouring into your Guinness, just for today)!  Spring is just around the corner!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to our Readers.

 

The Piggyfriends would like to wish all of our readers a very happy St. Patrick's Day.

Peaches is a bit confused about wearing Slave's shamrock necklace.

Usually one of the more sensible Piggyfriends gets to do this but Slave said that not enough of our Abyssinians get to be on the blog. So, rather than have one of our good piggies. like Heidi, wear the necklace, Peaches got the job. 

 

This could have been a mistake on her part but, after several blurry outtakes of Peaches making a run for it, Slave managed to get this one. Not the best pigture ever but it is the thought that counts.

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone. 

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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