Betsy's Guinea Pigs

Just come home to find The Ever Beautiful Betsy in her forever sleep. She has been reunited with the Love of her Life Dennis at The Rainbow Bridge.
 
Oh Betsy 😢. I’m so sorry you had to go to the bridge. I hope you have lots of fun with Dennis. He’s missed you. You’ve had a wonderful life of luxury. Popcorn high Ever Beautiful Betsy. You’ll be missed. ❤️
 
So very sorry to read that the Ever Beautiful Betsy has answered her call to the rainbow bridge. She was a total Forum Legend and truly one of the most beautiful pigs 🌈
 
Oh no so sorry to hear that, sleep tight Betsy 💕🌈
 
Oh no! I’m so so sorry Jacky. You must be devastated.

What a wonderful life the beautiful Betsy had with you. We are all thinking of you and sending love 💕💕🌈
 
I weighed Meg this morning and she was up by 14g on last week so she seems to be coping OK after losing Betsy.

Yesterday, I heard a voice I didn't know emanating from the hutch. It was a husky wheak. It was from Lexi. She clearly feels settled in enough to try out her voice. I haven't heard it since but it was so good to hear!:)
 
Lexi and Thea got their first taste of grass ever this morning. Thea was straight in there but Lexi treated it with suspicion first of all and even ran away from it until she got brave and hid behind Thea wondering what this strange thing in the hutch might be. She saw Thea eating some grass and very cautiously tried some and realised how yummy it was.

The Very Lovely Lexi

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The One and Only Thea

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Enjoy girls! Thea’s little pink nose is too cute! 😍😍
 
rp1993 said:
Enjoy girls! Thea’s little pink nose is too cute! 😍😍
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You mean Lexi. Her old owner said that she lost a lot of fur due to an allergy to wood shavings and when they changed to fleece all her fur grew back except for on her nose.:wub:
 
Betsy said:
You mean Lexi. Her old owner said that she lost a lot of fur due to an allergy to wood shavings and when they changed to fleece all her fur grew back except for on her nose.:wub:
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Ooo yes I mean Lexi, I’m terrible with names! Aww bless her, well it makes her look extra cute!
 
It's always hard in a situation like this. In Austria guinea pigs have to be kept at least in pairs, so we always have to find a new partner when there is just one left.
But my piggies always got lonely anyway, so I would have had to find a new partner even if the animal welfare law was different.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that Meg doesn't mind living alone. 🍀🍀
 
I honestly don't think she'd accept another piggie. One of my first ever piggies, Gizmo, was exactly the same when Lenny toddled off to The Rainbow Bridge.
 
In the 6 months that I have had Lexi and Thea, Lexi will take food out of my hand, and will come up and sniff my fingers now instead of running away. She patrols the doors of the hutch when she's hungry, bites at the bars while standing on her hind legs to ask for some food she has never bitten the bars while in the run. Lexi will run up to the bars and stand up on her hind legs if I walk in the garage, she has wheaked on one occasion and has started to talk. She doesn't bite, is very inquisitive and cheeky, is a nightmare to pick up even in a hidey, is easily spooked and runs faster than any other piggy I have ever met.

Thea is a lot less skittish, will occasionally let me pick her up, usually she prefers to go into a hidey. She is a little cuddle monster as long as its on her terms. I think I've heard her wheak once. It was a wheak I didn't know and I don't think it came from Lexi. She has also started to talk a bit. Thea's not so inquisitive as Lexi, prefers to take food from my hand rather than a food bowl. She gets very excited at breakfast time and will start looking around for her breakfast pellets before they've been scatter fed. She will stand on her hind legs to ask for food and I haven't seen her bite the bars of the hutch or the run.
 
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