latest news from meet the cavies
Baby boom – Ebony’s litter now 10 days old all chunky healthy little babies (cleaning out hutch hence they in box) and now first time mum Ava now given birth to 4 healthy huge pups (3 sows and a boar). Congrats Ava and Jasper.
The mummy pigs are doing well, feeding the babies and keeping them warm. Great to see each ones character as they grow.
Successful day at East Cornwall Show on Saturday – Ralph my cream boar won best self and 3rd best in show. My daughters pigs won 1st and 2nd in 5-8 month pet classes and 4th and 6th best pet overall.
The latest additions – Ebony gave birth to 4 healthy babies on 1st October – 3 sows and a boar. Lovely little chocolates.
Chocolate Self Guinea pigs are not the easiest to breed so we are really happy to have these little additions to our family.
The gentle giants aka Monster, Joey, Archie and Ratatouille visited local primary school today to teach the children about guinea pigs. After being hand fed a whole pepper each by the children they spent the afternoon relaxing on the grass enjoying the late summer sunshine – a surprise 20 degrees here
Beetroot is back , happy red faces in pig shed today. Got couple of lovely big sacks from Total Produce in Bodmin – never seen such huge beetroots !!
Beetroot is a good source of fibre, folate (vitamin B9), manganese, potassium, iron and vitamin C.
Very happy piggies
Thank you to my husband who has built me some amazing hutches, one more block to build and all the piggies will be safely installed in big shed for the winter. Happy pigs happy wife and least the kids will know where to find me.
The shed is a standard 8×12 ft shed from mole valley. We lined it with a breathable membrane, added a layer of foil / bubble insulation and then used 5mm plywood. So far the shed has been nice a warm for the piggies.
See the range of sheds from Mole Valley
Some pictures from Real London 2018 yesterday
We were thrilled to win 2 rosettes for best u5 months chocolate and best adult chocolate from English self cavy club – well done to “Waffle” and “Steve”.
It was the first time we have been to the show and be able to compete with some of the best guinea pig breeders in the country was a thrill. already looking forward to 2019 and planning the weekend away.
A busy day here – 2 new beautiful girls arrived too – we welcomed Ginger and Nibbles. 4 year old sows who are going to be permanent residents. After an afternoon on the grass they are now all tucked up for the night.
One of Babychamp and Clive’s babies went to his new home yesterday and has made a lonely skinny pig a happy boy, thank you for giving him a lovely new home so glad they bonded so easily – hopefully friends for life. It can be tricky to bond a pair of Boar Guinea pigs but these 2 are a success.
Poor little Buffy the pirate pig is still not 100% better from her “eye”deal – but she’s gaining weight and enjoying the grass – one eye doesn’t seem to stop her grazing. Back to vets again next week for another post op check up – hoping it heals and doesn’t need further Surgery to re open it. Castle vets been fantastic though and cookie is looking after her friend well.
Highly Recommended: Castle Vets in Launceston
