Friday, November 10, 2017
Friday video: we've got another spinner
Hope you are not getting fed up with me sharing all these videos of spinning piggies, but Erwin managed to teach Cookie to spin as well
Friday, November 3, 2017
Look what our Slave was given for her Birthday
It was our Slave's birthday on October 29th. and look what she received. "A Guinea Pig Romeo and Juliet".
This is the fourth in a series of real stories rewritten with guinea pigs as the characters. Slave already has the Guinea Pig Nativity, Pride and Prejudice, Oliver Twist and now she has this one, Romeo and Juliet.
The books are full of wonderful photos of guinea pigs dressed up as the "people" in the stories with guinea pig sized props too.
She was also given this little plush piggy for her ever growing collection. This one is made by a company called Living Nature and best of all, when she squeezes him, he actually squeaks just like we do.
Isn't he sweet?
Here he is reading the lovely book. You can see one of the gorgeous piggy pigtures inside.
We hope that the publishers of the book do not mind us taking photos. We did the same when Slave had their other books and no one complained!
A word of warning. This well known tale does not have a happy ending but it is only a story after all and the piggy actors were all safe.
If any piggy person you know has a birthday coming up, they would love this book. Or it would make a perfect little Christmas gift.
The books are full of wonderful photos of guinea pigs dressed up as the "people" in the stories with guinea pig sized props too.
She was also given this little plush piggy for her ever growing collection. This one is made by a company called Living Nature and best of all, when she squeezes him, he actually squeaks just like we do.
Here he is reading the lovely book. You can see one of the gorgeous piggy pigtures inside.
A word of warning. This well known tale does not have a happy ending but it is only a story after all and the piggy actors were all safe.
If any piggy person you know has a birthday coming up, they would love this book. Or it would make a perfect little Christmas gift.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Happy Hallowe'en Everyone!
Slave could not decide which of us would pose for our Hallowe'en pigture and Magnus, Agent Fluffypig, drew the short carrot.
" Slave picked me because I am orange, " says Magnus, " and she thinks that I look like a pumpkin! She could be right. "
Happy Hallowe'en to all of our readers. Stay safe.
Happy Hallowe'en to all of our readers. Stay safe.
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Happy Seventh Birthday dear Otto.
Today is a very special day at Piggyfriends because our dear Otto is celebrating his seventh birthday and we have made his name out of veggies.
Our Slave was very lucky to be able to give him a home all those years ago. GPDD readers may have read his story before but it bears repeating as it enabled him to come to Piggyfriends. A colleague of her son's at the animal rescue where they worked sent her prize winning white Peruvian sow, at great expense, to a stud boar expecting for her to have a litter of white Peruvians. What she got were three little boars, of whom Otto was the whitest by far but he was born with a head tilt. None of them were suitable for showing so she had them all neutered and sent them to a piggy rescue.
Had she heard this story earlier our Slave would have taken all three home straight away and none of them would have had to be neutered. She found out where they had been sent and, very fortunately, our Rodentologists knew the lady who runs this piggy rescue and called her to say that a home was waiting for them. By this time, only Otto was left as his brothers had already been rehomed.
The piggy rescue lady brought Otto with her when she visited the Rodentologists herself and our Slave went to fetch him home
.
So after a roundabout journey, Otto came home.
He found a home with Portia, who had sadly lost her companion and over the years, he has been a kind and gentle friend to many sows who have come our way. When Undercover Piggies was started he became Agent Mystery as, when his coat needs a trim, it is hard to tell which way round he is and Slave has been known to put his veggies at the wrong end even now. He had a haircut before she took these photos so that you can see him properly.
"Happy Birthday dear Otto," says Slave. " You are my little star!"
" Thank you." says Otto," I know that it is your birthday too tomorrow so would you like to share my grass?"
Please join us in saying "Happy Birthday" to our dear friend Otto. We all love you very much.
Our Slave was very lucky to be able to give him a home all those years ago. GPDD readers may have read his story before but it bears repeating as it enabled him to come to Piggyfriends. A colleague of her son's at the animal rescue where they worked sent her prize winning white Peruvian sow, at great expense, to a stud boar expecting for her to have a litter of white Peruvians. What she got were three little boars, of whom Otto was the whitest by far but he was born with a head tilt. None of them were suitable for showing so she had them all neutered and sent them to a piggy rescue.
Had she heard this story earlier our Slave would have taken all three home straight away and none of them would have had to be neutered. She found out where they had been sent and, very fortunately, our Rodentologists knew the lady who runs this piggy rescue and called her to say that a home was waiting for them. By this time, only Otto was left as his brothers had already been rehomed.
The piggy rescue lady brought Otto with her when she visited the Rodentologists herself and our Slave went to fetch him home
.
So after a roundabout journey, Otto came home.
Please join us in saying "Happy Birthday" to our dear friend Otto. We all love you very much.
Friday, October 27, 2017
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Friday(?) Video: guinygirlz and Binky, with Raani washing herself
Mom was busy filming us again. Here you can see us, with Raani grooming and washing herself. Turn on the sound to hear Cookie making noises....
Hope you have a good weekend,
Guinygirlz Raani, Cookie and boar Binky
Hope you have a good weekend,
Guinygirlz Raani, Cookie and boar Binky
Friday, September 29, 2017
A Piggy A-Z. F is for Friends and Family
Everyone reading our blog will know that guinea pigs love company and we should always be kept in pairs or more.We have several pairs of brothers and sisters here at Piggyfriends but today we received some photos from our Pigpenpals in Connecticut so we thought that we would share one with you.
Above you can see Mama Rin with her daughters, Nico and Maki. There are more photos of this family that we will show you in future A-Z posts and we are promised a video too.
We are sorry that we have been remiss in posting since we did the Taste Tests but Slave has been sick and Niamh has needed a lot of attention with an abscess ( clearing up now - all paws crossed ) and we could not reach the drawer in Slave's desk where her camera lives.
If you have any photos of your piggies with their friends or family, we would love to see them. Use the Contribute tab at the top of our page and use the title A Piggy A-Z etc. the same as we have typed at the top of this post.
Above you can see Mama Rin with her daughters, Nico and Maki. There are more photos of this family that we will show you in future A-Z posts and we are promised a video too.
We are sorry that we have been remiss in posting since we did the Taste Tests but Slave has been sick and Niamh has needed a lot of attention with an abscess ( clearing up now - all paws crossed ) and we could not reach the drawer in Slave's desk where her camera lives.
If you have any photos of your piggies with their friends or family, we would love to see them. Use the Contribute tab at the top of our page and use the title A Piggy A-Z etc. the same as we have typed at the top of this post.
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