Furbabies' Adventures

This is a great thread! Your piggies are absolutely gorgeous and they look like they love their life 🥰 :love:
 
Today I would like to show you the 'Villa Fellbeutelmeier'.
Funny name? Yes, that's right. :D:nod:
'Fell' means fur in German, 'Beutel' is a pouch and 'Meier' is a really common name in German.
When joining the forum the 'Fellbeutelmeiers' became the 'Furbabies', but 'Fellbeutelmeier' is their original name. ;)
They even have their own website (but everything is in German, as you will have guessed.)
Die Fellbeutelmeiers: Willkommen

My piggies live in my living room.
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They have floor time twice a day (approx. an hour in the morning and between one and three hours in the evening) which they really enjoy.
I simply have to remove one of the grid elements and free roaming time can start. So I don't have to catch them everytime they have floor time.
At the end of free roaming they get a little snack and since they are very keen on food that works brilliantly.

Since we don't really have c&c-cages in Austria and I only learned about them last winter, when a friend gave a copy of the guinea pig magazine as a present to me, you could call it the Austrian version. ;)
The floor ist covered with pond liner and that works really good.

My piggies love the setup - and I got used to finding bedding and hay distributed in my living room. Who need's clean floors anyway? :cool:
 
We had quite a few really hot days in Vienna, but today it's a little bit cooler. So I'll take the opportunity to introduce my third girl Bonny. :D
Bonny is a little over a year old and I fell in love with her picture in the middle of the first hard lockdown last year. It wasn't exactly the best time to think about a new piggy. I had to say goodbye to my sweet Chelsea in February and Muffin's chronic teeth problems in combination with severe arthritis took a turn for the worse.
But the prospect of a young piggy in the group was like a spark of hope in this bleak time.

Just before I was able to bring her home, one of my girls (Hailey) died quite suddenly and I was really worried that Muffin would take the clue to follow her over the rainbow bridge. But when Bonny arrived, Muffin instantly perked up. He was such a ladys' boar. :hug:

And Bonny really was a joy to watch. She is a pretty skitish girl, but very fond of food. She is the fastest eater in the group - even faster than Billie - and likes to snatch food from the others. She ist nearly as big as Billie, but more mobile. She enjoys to run around in the living room.

When Odi moved in after Muffin's death she was around 6 months old and really liked the idea of a younger and more energetic boar - in contrast to Billie and Tessy who were less amused. I don't think that Odi exactly feels the same way, but Bonny is the founding member of the Odi fan club. Vicky joined the club only recently. ;)

I think that Bonny is third in the hierarchy of my girls, but she sure tried to get to a higher place. So in the time between 6 months and about a year Billie had to insist pretty often that she was top sow. And poor Tessy still has a bit of dicussions to endure.
But most of the times the group is really harmonious and they are great fun to watch and to interact with. :luv:

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So this is my lovely Bonny. :wub:
 
There is an old thread on the forum called ‘ Post a photo of your Rex and teddies’.
Tessy should have her photo there.

I lost my cute teddy, Jemimah, last year. She looked so much like your beautiful girl.

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Merab's Slave said:
There is an old thread on the forum called ‘ Post a photo of your Rex and teddies’.
Tessy should have her photo there.

I lost my cute teddy, Jemimah, last year. She looked so much like your beautiful girl.

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Yes, they could have been sisters. :love:
I'm very sorry that you lost Jemimah.
 
As Billie told you already, we had some garden time during the last three days.
And yes - there was a break in the guinea pig routine which is a big crime, but apart from a grumpy Tessy they seem to enjoy the garden time.
Odi, Bonny and Vicky certainly did. :inn:

Here are a few pigtures to show that not everthing was as bad as Billie complained to Ruby about. ;)
 
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This was the garden enclosure - of course they never were alone for one moment because the enclosure only makes sure that the piggies don't go wandering off, but offers no protection. It is always a nice excuse not to be able to do anything than sitting next to the piggies and watching them, taking pictures or reading a little bit.
Didn't get to do much in the afternoons when the best piggy spot in the garden is in the shade. ;)
 
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