Chin - rubs

Astro being adorable. I was deciding that because he was such a big boy and because I had so much free time I'd do a really BIG health check up - si I did and Astro was so good I gave him some parsley! Such a cutie... I decided to try him with chin - rubs so I scratched his chin and he was so cute getting his chin - rubbed and enjoys it heaps!

And you can't finish off a post with-out some adorable video's! :)

Getting to know Cherri and Crumble

After having our two little girls for a week I start to see their attitudes... Cherri is sweet but VERY cheeky (causing a LOT of strife trying to find her because she somehow got out the cage then finding her snuggled up alsleep looking very cosy in a cuddle sack! *sigh*) while Crumble is more curious! Any way it is super duper cute!

I have also been noticing some bickering between the boys - Mika and Astro have claimed spaces of there hutch (cage) and there has been Astro purring and pushing up against Mika for some love and to show dominance but Mika nips him on the head! It could be heat stress, Mika trying his luck for dominant male or could be due to us adopting Cherri and Crumble. I give the boys regular health checks and will continue until seeing signs of vicious fighting and blood then I will seperate the boys a.s.a.p!

Bath time + weigh in

Here is the weigh in for Saturday the 19 of November:

**Boys Pad**

Astro: 805grams (gained 30grams) - 19weeks (4m, 3w)

Mika: 525grams (gained 65grams) - 11weeks (2m, 3w)


**Girls Palace**

Cherri: 200grams (gained 25grams) - 5weeks (1m, 1w)
Crumble: 180grams (gained 25grams) - 5weeks (1m, 1w)

Total piggie weight of 1710 (!), total gains of 145! Great gains from all piggies this week, special mention out to Mika,  65 grams in one week is REALLY good! :) Astro and Mika had a bath today as well! Both complaining but enjoyed the attention! :P
                                                                                                                           

              

[The set up/ how it looked before Mika had a bath!]

[Li'l Friends Cute 'n' Clean Shampoo, what I use to wash my pigs!]

[Mika's "before" picture, what a gorgeous fluffy man!]

[Mika in the bath! :)]

Mika looking for Astro!]

 [Mika climbing on my hand!]

[And while all this happened with Mika, Astro was exploring the area!]

[The amount of Shampoo I use, even that was a bit much!]

[Mika with Shampoo on! :P]

[Mika's "after" picture!]

[Astro's turn! Astro's "before" picture. Sorry I didn't take any pictures of Astro's bath... it was getting cold so I did him QUICK!]

[Mika wrapped up in a towel! So cute!]

[Astro's "after" picture!]

Red Capsicum

Today I tried the pigs with raw, red capsicum, (also known as: Red bell pepper) Mika didn't even realise it was food when he got put back in his cage and Astro had a go, Astro was interested, sniffing it at first then eating 7/8 of the stuff in my hand and got half way through the last piece (they were small cubes) when he got bored and lost interest. I put the last piece in the cage but they didn't eat it! :P

[Sorry no pictures right now, I'll add them later!]

Watermelon

Today it was quite a hot day and I'm so lucky a friend gave me a little bit of watermelon (two slices) for the pigs. I also put a cool, damp cloth down in their cage to cool them off. (They lie down on it!) When I gave them the water melon Astro was only slightly interested and sniffed it but desided he didn't want it (!) Mika was more on the mild side of being interested and nibbled on the edges, choosing only the one side of the one piece, he quickly got bored and started trying to eat the buttons on my t-shirt to entertain himself so I put both pigs back in their cage. I put the watermelon in their cage as well, hopefully they will eat it during the night... yet when I give Astro parsley he gobbles it up!

[The damp cloth in their cage!]

[Astro walking in the cage! :P]



I caught some cute snaps of the pigs and the watermelon! :)

And Astro and his precious parsley! :P

This is Mika and Astro exploring in my room. They had run around a different part of the house and looked really tired, so after doing this and being little popcorning balls of cuteness they fell asleep on my room floor! :P CUTE!!

[Astro and Mika were popcorning when they heard a dog bark and ran for cover! lol Astro looks so scared!]

[Astro about to jump up! :P]

 [My two popcorning guinea pigs! :) They popcorned everywhere! Even Mika popcorned and his first popcorn at our house EVER!!! His hair went EVERYWHERE!]

[Ahhhh, nap time!Astro and Mika are getting comfortable, unfortunatley the battery died on me as they fell asleep! :(...]


Here is a cute video of my two boys running around the room!! Mika follows Astro so closely!

Big big pigs!

Astro has grown heaps since we got him, 1month and 3weeks ago:


Astro was atleast half the size he is now!

 [Astro was about the size of my hand when we got him!]

[He is such a big boy now it is unbelievable! :O]



Mika has grown quite a lot since we got him 3weeks ago aswell!

[He was a bit smaller when we first got him but not by much!]



 And now his hair progress!

[His hair has a slight wave, like a sheltie near the bum]

 
 [His hair also has a few extra funky rossettes around his bum!]

[Here you can see his full ody, funky and long.]

Here is the size difference, Astro to Mika! :O Astro was smaller than Mika when we got him!]

A great weigh in!!!!

Here is the weigh in for Saturday the 29th of October:

**Boys Pad**

Mika: 400grams (gained 25grams) - 8weeks (2m)
Astro: 750grams (gained 75grams!) - 16weeks (4m)

Total piggy weight of 1150grams(!), total gain of 100grams! Wow, this week was super good! Special mention to Astro with a whopping gain of 75grams!!! That man is such a big fatty that he'll soon be hogging up the whole cage! :P

Changes

You may notice that I have been doing a couple of late at night or early in the morning post's and changes, this is due because of me adding photo's etc. Sorry if it is by any chance, annoying etc for you!!!

A cute/funny video I uploaded

This is a cute/funny video of Astro and Mika in the first days we got Mika, it is really cute!

Another weigh in

                     [Mika and Astro playing on the guinea pig couch]



Here is the weigh in for Saturday the 22rd:

**Boys Pad**

Astro: 675grams (gained 25grams) - 15weeks (3m, 3w)
Mika: 375grams (stayed the same) - 7weeks (1m, 2w)


 Total piggy weight of  1050 grams! Those pigs are quickly gaining more and more! Total gain of 25grams. Special mention to Astro, he had a bad week the other week but he is back and gaining!
Yep - we had a sort of okay week, I was defently confused when I put our little gainer Mika on the scales and he had stayed the same, but next week we'll know if he is well or not! :P

Poor hot piggies!

I don't know about you but here, today it was really hot! The sudden change wasn't very nice for the poor piggies! I decided to put another bottle of water in their cage and I found out that that bottle leaks (!) but the piggies really enjoyed the dripping water on their backs so they spent most of their time sitting under it! I decided to put a glass dish on the corner, under the bottle to catch the drops that is wetting the paper underneath it but Astro had other idea's and when the dish was nearly half way ful he went in and sat in it! It cooled him off but I also decided to put a couple of ice blocks in the cage and they just melted! After that I filled a plastic giant shell up with cool water and popped the piggies in there for a couple of minutes! They really enjoyed it ad it really cooled them off! :D Luckily they are cooler and will have a more comfortable evening than morning! :P If you have any tips for cooling them down I would really like it! I am just about to go pop a cool, damp towel into their cage! :)

Weekly weigh in

This is the weekly weigh in for Friday the 14th:

**Boys Pad**

Astro: 650grams (gained 25grams) - 15weeks (3m, 3w)
Mika: 375grams (gained 50grams) - 5weeks (1m, 1w)

Total piggy weight of 1025grams! We really are topping the scales! Total gain of 75grams (!) over two piggies!  Those boys really enjoy eating! No wonder the pigs are so big they eat so much! We did really well this week! Special mention to Astro who has gone back up to a healthy gain of 25grams! Mika looks much bigger and is gaining well!

Fat fat piggies

My two big boys are growing so much! I can tell that they have gained everyday because when I pick them up I can feel the fat little squishiness of thier bodies as well as the contrast of long, slightly curly hair on the belly for Mika! It feels so good to know that they are eating well! Gotta wait until tomorrow to see the weigh in of the pigs!

Damn Bedding!

I really can not wait until the pigs bedding hay is in stock! That paper is very very annoying, on Saturday when I cleaned out their cage the wind blew and made the hay go everywhere (!) and today when I was putting some rubbish in our bin I found a huge heap of paper shreddings everywhere! I spent about 3hours getting up all the bedding! My legs are so sore and my back so stiff! I need some rest on a relaxing sofa by the fire!

 As you can see - shredded paper EVERYWHERE!

Piggies

I was sitting on the "Guinea Pig Couch" with Mika and Astro. Mika was eating the food mix while Astro snacked on carrots and the one thing he'd do anything for... homegrown organic parsley! I was balancing the parsley on my leg when Astro jumped up and stole the biggest piece! He gobbled down the piece in ten seconds then looked for more. He then started snacking on carrots and foodmix. I was holding the parsley in my hand high so that the piggies couldn't get to it, I was relaxing and just as I thought I was fine and the pigs wont get to the parsley, who jumps up but Astro and he got the parsley! No more for that little rascal. Astro could smell parsley on my hands and stretched his neck back to , but he couldn't find any parsley! :P I then put my head down to piggy level and had some fun, I was being still and the pigs didn't realise that I was there so it felt as though I was some sort of camera. Both pigs came up to me and had a good sniff each but didn't realise it was me. They brushed past me and I could barely supress a laugh because it tickled. I had barely stopped myself laughing as Mika tickled me with his whiskers when I moved my eyesight and saw Astro'slooming figure just infront of my eyes. That made me jump up in shock. I made the pigs jump and they got tired and waddled up to me. The pigs then snuggled up to me and fell asleep, Mika doing constant jolts of purring. Now they are yawning and Mika is purring even more! (If that is possible! :P)

More Cuddle Sacks

I made some more cuddle sacks today. This time they have a thick roll so that they can stand up with out getting held open. It took around two hours to make including measuring and I made two so an hour each. The roll is made by breaking and stuffing a pillow (old pillow that is already ruined :P) into the cuddle sack. Check out our cuddle sacks page if you want to purchase!

This is a adorably cute video of Mika and Astro wandering further into the doom of the cuddle sack! :P

A new video

Here is a new video, its of my piggies running around a blocked off area of my room! :P (The kiddy book is my cousins! :P)

Mika's bath

Mika had a bath today, he loooked so sweet! I was laughing so much, my mum sitting on the "Guinea Pig Couch" (an old sofa that is so usless no one cares if the guinea pigs pee and poo on it! :P) with Astro. Then my battery for my camera started dying on me! I couldn't afford to waste ANY time! (Yes, I did bath Mika on Saturday but that wasn't a proper bath, that was just to wash his little pee covered strands of hair by his bottom cleaned! :P) So I had to quickly grab my camera and took some cute photo's! :D

Here Mika is having the bath, playing around in the water! :P

Mika was getting wetter! :D (look at the soaked backside! :P)

A bird was calling and our little piggy was trying to see what it was but only seeing pink! :P (I know not the right colour for a boy!)

Mika is stretching his neck, and I think could just see over... 

and.... he gave up looking over the bath bowl and was checking out the camera! :) (as you can see he had a full bladder! :P)

Astro was calling for him and he was calling back! :P

Ah, the bath has finished, time to cuddle with a nice fluffy towel for warmth!

Look at that gorgeous face! Just needs to be cuddled and loved! :P 

Mika nearly fell asleep on my lap, until...

Asrro wanted to join in! :P As you can see Mika has turned his head to see his friend!

And here is the cute little guy you've all wanted to see! :P Astro was having cuddle time with my mum, I have been waiting ages to get a photo like this and now, finally!

Cute little guy! :D

Mika was looking so cute, nearly all dry! This was the last photo I had until I passed this little guy onto my mother!

Here my mum is having cuddle time with Mika while Astro was being a greedy guts and eating heaps of food! :P

Astro was getting jealus of Mika and was clambering in for a cuddle!

Mika is finally dry and my camera's battery nearly gone! Astro and Mika are having some fun on the "Guinea Pig Couch" with each other! 

Astro was looking at me and this weird black thing in my hands as I called his name. Cutest snap of him ever! 

And a better photo of the one above! :P