More piggies than people!

So now there are six! Dudley has joined the crew. There was much excitement in the home when the girls came home from school. They didn't know that I had collected him and then suddenly saw him in the garden. This was followed by exuberant singing of 'More pigs than people, more pigs than people' in the house.

Dudley is a rescue piggie from the RSPCA and is approximately 11 months old. He is a tri-coloured long haired Peruvian and we are hoping that he will pair up with Pepper and become her mate. He has been neutered so there will be no babies!
Miss Erin named him after the character in the Harry Potter books, Dudley Dursley, known as the 'pig in a wig' which is actually a great description of him. He is going to take some trimming and grooming but that suits Miss Erin.
So far so good in the courtship department. They seem to be getting along ok and I am quietly confident that this could be a good match. At the moment we love watching him run about with all his hair trailing behind him and chasing Pepper around the run.


Dudley with his Elvis hair!

Kiss chase!

The way to a piggies' heart is through their stomach.

We've been given a bag of scraps! That's exciting in the house of five pigs. My friend Wendy brought a bag of veggie scraps to work. It included carrot scrapings which Gary couldn't eat quickly enough, some cauliflower stalks and everyone's favourite - broccoli stalks!
I guess I never really thought about how much it would cost to feed five, soon to be six pigs so any scrapings from charitable friends are gratefully received. The piggies loved them and eat them out of your hand and wheeb when you rustle the plastic. We love it, they love and it is definately the way to their hearts. Just look at Ruby and Sparkle tucking in.

Rain, rain go away. Little piggies want to play!

Oh this horrid weather. April showers are not good for little piggies. Little piggies want to be out in the garden where they can all be together to play. Our current situation is that Ruby & Sparkle live together, Gary & Robbie live next door and little Pepper is living alone until her mate comes home to us. If we try to put them together inside they fight a lot and it upsets everyone. Out in the garden they have room to roam free and to hide and escape each other more easily and, as it is no one's 'territory' they seem more content to share pigloo hidey-holes and tunnels.
We created them a run in our garden using two sets of an outdoor runs and joining them together. We had no grass at all so we did have to buy some turf and let it settle. Then we added some tunnels, some pigloos and some netting over the top to make them feel secure. They love being out there together but we need some sunshine now. Come on rain, go away, little piggies need to play!

Cosy spoilt piggies?

CandE Cosie Cool Britannia Snuggle Sack

 

 So are the baby piggies spoilt? I ordered them some snuggle sacks from a company I found on ebay. Miss Olivia had used them before and her piggies were very happy with their purchases. http://www.candecosies.co.uk/
Robbie and Gary are now the proud owners of two Cool Britainia snuggle sacks - a double size to share if they want and a single one too. This was the perfect choice of fabric for two piggies named after British music icons!
Do the piggies like them? I think a picture speaks a thousand words. Here they are in their snuggle sacks, my happy little piggies! Keep snoozing babies.

 

Gorgeous Gary

My sleepy Robbie

Making a piggie home

We built a double piggie home. After looking all over the internet we decided on using the C&C method - cubes and correx. The cubes came from ebay and were tie-wrapped together and the correx came from a local printer and was cut to size to form the base.
We made a 4x2 size cage in black for Ruby and Sparkle to live in and then added a 3X2 cage in white on the left of the picture for baby Gary and Robbie and we added a 2X1 loft to it. We are rather impressed with the space it gives them all and they can see each other but I think as we may opt to try fleece liners and reduce the sides of the correx so they can see more of each other in the future. I would like to think that in the future all four could live in the same space without fighting but I am not sure if this will be possible. Watch this space piggie fans.

The Easter Piggie

So while my children were 'blogging' today and I was at work, did the Easter bunny visit? Well, there was lots of chocolate in the house when I got home and then a little Easter piggie arrived! Her name is Pepper and she belonged to a friend but she is lonely and in need of some friends. I am hoping that she has come to the right house with four little piggies here already. We plan to get her a male mate to be her partner at the end of the month making half a dozen pigs in total. There will soon be more piggies than people in the house!

Happy Easter!!!!!!!

Wheeb, Wheeb, Wheeb, Wheeb. All four piggies say "hello and happy Easter."
 Unfortunately none of the piggies got Easter eggs, though personally I don't think they need one seeing as Ruby and  Sparkle are already so chubby. (It must be all the veggies).
Gary and Robbie are doing fine and were desperate for veggie time this morning. Gary and Robbie love there new 3x2 c&c cage with 1x2 loft. Have had to chase them down numerous times in the morning as there is no access to food and water, resulting in a couple of nips from an angry and agitated Robbie!
 Miss Olivia has had ruby and Sparkle for 2 months.
Back on the subject of cages, for some reason Gary and Robbie  can get up to the loft but not down. Anyone got any tips?