A Valentine's Day Story (with Guinea Pigs!)

 

 

(We have received a story from some of our stellar reporters in the field, the Piggyville Girls.  While it is appearing --- through no fault of the reporters themselves --- a tiny bit late for Valentine's Day, we felt that this sweet story deserves to be read any day of the year.)

The Piggyville Girls have a secret to share with you... Their Mommy and Daddy met on Valentine's Day!

This story has been passed down from generation to generation of Piggyville guinea pigs.  It was a cold and blustery night in Tampa, Florida, and Mommy was driving home from the feed store with a bale of hay.  She decided to take up an offer for a cup of tea.  The invitation had come from a British physicist named Paul who lived aboard his sailboat.  She drove to Dunedin Marina and there, waiting under a light on the dock, was this handsome sailor.

He was the perfect gentleman.  He made her several cups of tea while they swapped sailing stories.  She told him that she had lived aboard her sailboat for three years with a trio of guinea pigs.  The piggies had sailed with her from Miami to Venezuela.  She told him that she now had 17 guinea pigs who were the loves of her life.  He asked if he could meet the piggies.

Well, one day not too long after this, he appeared at her front door with bunches of cilantro and baby carrots.  It was love at first sight between Paul and the piggies.  We think Mommy was pretty impressed too!  He always arrived with gifts for us; even to this day, Daddy always makes sure we have plenty of treats.  He starts each morning by giving us treats and bringing Mommy coffee in bed.  Before he goes to sleep, he always gives us a treat and a tickle.  He has shown us that Love is a commitment to care for us and Mommy for life.

Are you all keeping warm?

In the Netherlands is has been snowing, and we suspect in the countries around it there was snow as well. It has been so could that the snow hasn't really melted yet after a week! That is very unusual for the Netherlands ...

Anyways, Cookie and Linn wanted to demonstrate how they stay warm!

Cookie loves her hammock!

Linn is cuddled up in a piggie pod.

Unfortunately Binky is no longer among us 😢 he loved keeping warm and snuggling as well. He had troubles with his teeth, then got mites and an ear filled with blood? Like an ear hematoma we've seen in dogs at dr pol's show, but never heard of it in guinea pigs. He also had a lot of pus in his inner ear... 

Slaves tried to keep him going with critical care as he had troubles eating, but he didn't make it 😟

He is missed by us all!

 Wheeks,

Guinygirlz Cookie and Linn

P.s. does anyone know why Linn's eyes are turning white?

A message from Fionn Piggyfriend

 

Hello readers,

Fionn Piggyfriend here. I like to sit on one of the wine boxes in our pen so that I can watch the sows and also be on the lookout for any veggies arriving. Slave says that I am a noisy pig but that is because our pen is nearest the door and I can alert the other piggies to the possibility of meal time.

Since I came here with my brother, Oisin, it is surprising how much these boxes have shrunk. There used to be room on top for us to sit side by side but now there is only room for me. The top of this box is also collapsing and Slave needs to find us some more.

She used to pick them up from the supermarket, where the staff would leave them in a crate by the door but now we are having our veggies delivered, she cannot get any replacements. She hopes that it will not be too long before this horrible pandemic has been conquered and that it will be safe for her to go to the shops again.

Hoping every pig and their slaves are all keeping safe and well.

Nugget and Scottie Make a New Year's Resolution

Hello and Happy New Year from Nugget (and Scottie, too)! Scottie and I thought we should make at least one New Year's resolution, and we decided it should be about relaxation.

Our resolution is this: Do more of it.

As a visual aid, here is a pigture of me resting on our "think tank." We're honored to be among the piggies who've used it, as Mom says it's been in our family a long time. It looks like a bassinet (with a canopy on it) and you're supposed to get into it, but Scottie and I have discovered you can plop down on it as if it's a beanbag chair. Double the comfort!

Mom was able to get this photo by opening the blinds so I had lots of sunlight on me. Please ignore the brown tint, which isn't really there. Our think tank is very colorful all around.

We hope other piggies will share their relaxation techniques.

I Am One!

I, Scottie, have just turned one! This has never happened to me before, so I am very excited.

Apparently when you have a birthday, you have your pigture taken, too. Here I am with my grizzly bear friend who came to live with us a couple of weeks ago. It was nice of him to keep me company. He says he looks forward to being one.

I hope you like my, um, our portrait!

Merry Christmas from the Piggyville Girls.

 It was the day before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse......

The Piggyville Girls under the tree were lost in thought.

How is Santa Claus going to get our presents to us since our house does not have a chimney? Just these funny points on top.

" No problem." said Tilley. " I will build a chimney for good old Saint Nick!"  Squirly was not very impressed by it.

 

 "Maybe Santa has left our presents in our hay bag," Tilley squeaked in delight.

 

To everyone's surprise Santa had left presents in the rosemary bush overnight.

Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year!!!

A Merry Prairie Christmas to All

Hello everyone, Heathcliffe, spokespig for the Prairie Pigs, here to wish all the piggies and piggy people out there our very best in Season's Greetings.  We hope you are having a peaceful and safe holiday.

Like many households this year, Christmas was a bit different for us, but while Slave seemed a little sad to be spending less time with family and friends during the Yuletide, we were mostly only pretending to be sympathetic while we enjoyed having her at our beck and call a lot more than past Christmases.  She did meet with a few friends now and then for walks around the neighbourhood to admire the festive light displays, but then she would be back all rosy-cheeked and more than ready to snuggle with us again.

We hope you are all finding creative ways to make this year's Christmas special, even if it is not exactly the one we would have chosen, and to count the blessings we still have (especially the small round furry ones)!

P.S. If you look closely at the lovely card next to me in the photo, you will see it's a Christmas pyramid of guinea pigs --- it came all the way from England from our Auntie Penny and the Piggyfriends.