Betsy's Guinea Pigs

Bill & Ted said:
Hope the girls get a clean bill of health from your vets x
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I did a quick basic health check on them before I brought them home and they seemed OK apart from a couple of things the previous owner told me about which weren't drastic. They are in quarantine in the bottom of the hutch for 2 weeks before I introduce them to the run. I cleaned them out for the first time this morning. It was fun trying to get them into their carrier, but they went in eventually. After I had cleaned the hutch out, I put the carrier back in the cage and they were straight out and happy to be back in the hutch so much so that they were making happy noises.

This morning when I opened up the bottom of the hutch to rewarm the snugglesafes they both came up to sniff my fingers :) and Thea actually let me stroke her before running off. I tried to do the same with Lexi and she just ran off straight away but baby steps .....
 
Have a vet health check tomorrow for Thea and Lexi. Wish me luck! They are both completely wild. Although Thea did let me stroke her cheek and play with her ears today at veg time and even Lexi let me play with her ears while she was distracted with her face in the veg bowl which is more than she did yesterday. They are still taking food out of my hands at veg time. I think I'll take along some food bribes!
 
Betsy said:
Have a vet health check tomorrow for Thea and Lexi. Wish me luck! They are both completely wild. Although Thea did let me stroke her cheek and play with her ears today at veg time and even Lexi let me play with her ears while she was distracted with her face in the veg bowl which is more than she did yesterday. They are still taking food out of my hands at veg time. I think I'll take along some food bribes!
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Good luck at the vets! Bruno said the best way to a piggie heart is food 🥰 x
 
Merab's Slave said:
But you have a very calm atmosphere which will help.
It could take a few weeks!
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Thanks! I think it helps that Thea and Lexi can smell other piggies and Betsy and Meg don't panic around me. They just get on with it as they have always done. I'm always popping in and out of the garage anyway chatting away about what I've done or what I'm going to do. I know they don't understand but at least the new girls are getting used to my voice. They will soon learn that I am "bringer of food".
 
Hello fellow piggies and slaves in Forum Land

This is our first ever post here since we got to our new home. Our slave has told us that you have already seen pigtures of us so you know how pretty we are. Well we thought we'd just let you know how our first trip to see our new vet went. Aunty Chloe (vet) said that we had been well looked after in our old home which was nice of her. We are a bit underweight (Lexi 800g, Thea 870g) but that could be lack of hay as we didn't have nearly as much hay in our old home as we do in our new home. Lexi's bottom teeth are a bit overgrown but that also may be not having so much hay so they haven't been ground down. She said that Lexi has to go back in 4 weeks to check on the bottom teeth. Lexi also had a pedicure. Thea has a bony lump on her bum which Aunty Chloe thinks is the bottom of her spine and when she puts some weight on that shouldn't be so noticeable. Our hearts are nice and strong and our tummies had nice gurgly noises so nothing wrong with our tums. Our ears, our eyes and our feet are OK too. We like Aunty Chloe cos she said we have to eat loads and of course eating is what us piggies do best!

Wheeky Wheeks

Lexi and Thea
 
Betsy said:
Hello fellow piggies and slaves in Forum Land

This is our first ever post here since we got to our new home. Our slave has told us that you have already seen pigtures of us so you know how pretty we are. Well we thought we'd just let you know how our first trip to see our new vet went. Aunty Chloe (vet) said that we had been well looked after in our old home which was nice of her. We are a bit underweight (Lexi 800g, Thea 870g) but that could be lack of hay as we didn't have nearly as much hay in our old home as we do in our new home. Lexi's bottom teeth are a bit overgrown but that also may be not having so much hay so they haven't been ground down. She said that Lexi has to go back in 4 weeks to check on the bottom teeth. Lexi also had a pedicure. Thea has a bony lump on her bum which Aunty Chloe thinks is the bottom of her spine and when she puts some weight on that shouldn't be so noticeable. Our hearts are nice and strong and our tummies had nice gurgly noises so nothing wrong with our tums. Our ears, our eyes and our feet are OK too. We like Aunty Chloe cos she said we have to eat loads and of course eating is what us piggies do best!

Wheeky Wheeks

Lexi and Thea
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Oh we so glad it all went well girlies when you went to see that nice vet Auntie Choe 😊 Now remember what she said, get chomping lots of hay, especially you Lexi and get those teethies worn down for when you visit her again

Hector, Kiki, Posh and Ginger x
 
Dear Lexi and Thea, we are very glad your vet trip went well.
We're sure your new slave will give you lots and lots of yummy hay.
Micah says that hiding under a huge pile of hay and eating your way out is the most fun thing to do.

Love and Wheeks from Priscilla, Phoebe and Micah
 
Dear Lexi and Thea,
I'm glad your trip to the vet went by without too much stress.
My slave took me to the vet today as well. Had to scream the place down - the vet really thought that she could take a look at my paws.
Piggy kisses from Billie
 
Grouchydaddybear said:
We are all so glad they are doing well in their new home :)
Thank you so much for taking them in and giving them the life they deserve.
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Thank you for letting me adopt them @Grouchydaddybear.

Here are some photos for you, your wife and son.

Lexi scoffing hay from the HUGE pile in the hay tray. Thea thinking "that looks yummy maybe I'll try some"
Lexi enjoying hay.webp

Lexi disappearing in to the hay pile! Thea wondering where Lexi went to while scoffing hay.
Lexi disappearing into hay pile.webp
 
Grouchydaddybear said:
We are all so glad they are doing well in their new home :)
Thank you so much for taking them in and giving them the life they deserve.
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How are you all doing @Grouchydaddybear ?

Even know what a wonderful home the girls have, it was still a loss for you having to give them up.
 
Flutterby said:
They are a beautiful pair of girlies!
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Thanks Ruth they are still very skittish. They are getting braver though as they sniff my hands when I put them in the hutch to get the cold snuggle safes out and put the warm ones back in. They aren't too sure of the dustpan and brush when I poop pick but they will come up for treats. Lexi (the most skittish) has let me stroke her cheek a couple of times and Thea loves a cheek rub and an ear rub but only very quick ones. It's going to take a while ....
 
Betsy said:
Thanks Ruth they are still very skittish. They are getting braver though as they sniff my hands when I put them in the hutch to get the cold snuggle safes out and put the warm ones back in. They aren't too sure of the dustpan and brush when I poop pick but they will come up for treats. Lexi (the most skittish) has let me stroke her cheek a couple of times and Thea loves a cheek rub and an ear rub but only very quick ones. It's going to take a while ....
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Aww bless them! They are in the best hands with you though Jacky x
 
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