Friday Video: Elsie gets a Chin Rub

Beautiful Elsie gets a chin rub. Don't forget to turn on your speakers because the soundtrack is just perfect!



Have a chin-rubbery Wheekend!

Holidays for Undercover Guinea Pigs Calendar 2014

I compiled a list of holidays to be added to the undercover guinea pigs calendar 2014.
I have received my sample of the calendar this weekend and it looks good, so if you want to order let me know by filling out the form at the 'Order calendar 2014' tab at the top of this page.
After you checking this list below, and maybe adding some dates, I am ready to order the calendar!

Please let me know if I got any dates wrong, you want your country added, or if you are missing a holiday.
This year I added all public holidays of the countries we usually get orders from. These are USA, UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada and Australia.

1-1-2014	New Year's Day
6-1-2014	Epiphany
20-1-2014	Martin Luther King Day (USA)
27-1-2014	Australia Day (AU)
14-2-2014	Valentine's day
17-2-2014	Presidents' Day (USA)
17-3-2014	St. Patrick's Day
18-4-2014	Good Friday
20-4-2014	Easter
21-4-2014	Easter Monday
25-4-2014	Anzac Day (AU)
26-4-2014	King's Day (NL)
1-5-2014	Labour Day (BE, GE)
5-5-2014	Liberation Day (NL)
5-5-2014	Early May Bank Holiday (UK)
26-5-2014	Memorial Day (USA)
26-5-2014	Spring Bank Holiday (UK)
29-5-2014	Ascension Day
8-6-2014	Pentecost
9-6-2014	Pentecost Monday
9-6-2014	Queen's Birthday (AU)
19-6-2014	Corpus Christi (GE)
1-7-2014	Canada Day (CA)
4-7-2014	Independance day (USA)
11-7-2014	Day of the Flemish Community (BE)
21-7-2014	National Holiday (BE)
15-8-2014	Assumption of Mary (BE, GE)
25-8-2014	Summer Bank Holiday (UK)
1-9-2014	Labor day (USA, CA)
27-9-2014	Day of the French Community (BE)
3-10-2014	German Unity Day (GE)
4-10-2014	Animals' Day (NL)
13-10-2014	Columbus Day (USA)
13-10-2014	Thanksgiving (CA)
31-10-2014	Halloween
31-10-2014	Reformation Day (GE)
1-11-2014	All Saints (BE, GE)
2-11-2014	All Soul's (BE)
6-11-2014	Saint Nicholas (BE)
11-11-2014	Veterans Day (USA)
11-11-2014	Armistice Day 1918 (BE)
15-11-2014	King's Day (BE)
27-11-2014	Thanksgiving Day (USA)
5-12-2014	Sinterklaas (NL)
25-12-2014	Christmas
26-12-2014	Boxing Day
31-12-2014	New Year's Eve

Please leave a comment below if anything is wrong, you want a date or your country added to this list!

Agent Zeppelin Mystery

Agent Zeppelin has sent us another one of his infamous pigtures. Even his own human wasn't sure which side of agent Zeppelin should be offered veggies. So get guessing, which side is he facing?

Book Review Guinea Pigs Online Furry Towers

Fuzzy and Coco are back again this time their humans are going on holiday and have decided to the pigs can have a holiday to at Furry Towers the deluxe guinea pig hotel however not everything is what it seems.





What we liked;
1) Pat and her tank
2) The General taking over hotel and understanding guinea pigs
3) The recipe at the back of each book

Moral of the story?
1) Don't believe everything you read on the internet
2) Humans when you go on holiday check before you go where your pets will be staying and if you are not happy don't make a booking there

Bad Points;
1) Bad diet advice - Avocado and Cabbage!! Not Good
2) Bad Bedding advice - Straw!!

While the basic story in these books have so far been entertaining it appears the humans who wrote them really need to do some more research into the proper care of guinea pigs

A guinea pig being pampered at the hotel

Friday Video: Mouse versus Cookie

We got this video from our favorite librarian. This Russian(?) mouse takes on a cookie. Does he win? Well.. check out the video ;-)



Have a Bold Wheekend!

Order the Undercover Guinea pigs calendar 2014!

Hi all,

I have ordered a sample of our new 2014 calendar, to see if all lovely pigtures we received are looking great in the calendar.  Thanks to everyone who sent in pigtures!

After seeing the samples and adding the holidays I can start ordering and sending out the calendars.
So if you already know you want a calendar, you can already let me know you want one by filling out the form on the 'Order calendar 2014' tab (at top of this page).
Like previous years there is a wall and a desk calendar, which cost 15 and 12,50 euros respectively, plus additional shipping costs.

Also like last years I am ordering through the Dutch version of vistaprint, which means the month and weekday names are in Dutch and the weeks start on Monday!

I will add the holidays in English, if you want any of your country's holidays added let me know and I will add them.

As usual you can nominate a shelter near the end of this year, and after all orders are sent we will vote for which shelter will get our donation.

I wanted to try ordering early this year as I noticed the prices going up near the end of the year.

Thanks all for pigticipating!
Mieke

Book Review Guinea Pigs Online

While shopping for A Guinea Pig Nativity we also found a set of 3 books about Guinea Pigs online we tried to resist but just couldn't so here comes the first in the series;

Guinea Pigs Online





The main characters are 2 guinea pigs called Coco and Fuzzy, Fuzzy loves the internet while Coco is an old fashioned Princess pig.

They end up facing the guinea pig equivalent of Cruella de Ville, celebrity Chef Scarlet Cleaver.

Eduardo the wild guinea pig from Peru arrives to help



This book contains lots of scenes of Guinea Pigs in peril however we can assure you it all ends up ok in the end.

Some of our favourite bits;

The idea that piggies like to live in pairs so they can operate the jump a seesaw used to get them up to higher levels.

Fuzzy cooking up food for his humans which they fail to appreciate

Coco's addiction to classical music

Coco and Fuzzy are rescue pigs so a big thumbs up there

What we didn't like;

Banoffee the pig next is used to breed piggies for petshops that is a big thumbs down