We the EastMids GP are on hunger strike. We have been for 3 days now. Well not really on hunger strike obs .. we ARE guinea pigs after alll!
No, we are trying to make The Human think we are about to waste away and IT IS ALL HER FAULT.
She's only gone and bought us value carrots from the local supermarket ... we mean .. what is she thinking. Apparently she's not managed to get our usual carrots from the farm shop because she claims she has been ill .. yeah right .. seems like neglegence to us. And we think SS should be involved.
This isn't the first time her standards have slipped ... she's tried to pass off own brand GP nuggets in the past .. a poor substitute for the ones with the mint to aid our digestion ... and don't get us started on the ones with blackcurrent, we sniffed for days at them until she saw sense.
So although we've had little nibbles at the carrots where we think she cannot see .. we are offically on hunger strike and would ask the GPs and rabbits here to support us.
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On hunger strike .. protesting
EastMidsGPs · 24/01/2016 09:00
That is bloody appaulling , you should LTB (after breakfast obvs)
It really is a shoddy excuse being "ill". Food Slave Senior here had a gallbladder removed last year - an entire ORGAN
- but still remembered to get the supplies in before she went under the knife.Value carrots don't have the leafy bits and don't get us started on peelings.
Carrot peelings , parsnip peelings, turnip peel, and worst of all, a giant clod of white cabbage (relic of coleslaw manufacture) all left with disdain (and peed on)
Last night about 10pm, GP4 (the Himmy) demanded that Food Slave Junior (the DD) went in search of further rations.
The Old Bat was out in the garden with scissors cutting fresh grass in the rain.
Heh Heh
Victory is sweet (and delicious)
She tried the blackcurrant Excel Cubes with our ancestors (GP1 and GP2 wayyy back)
They kicked them into touch and we've never had to suffer those infernal things being foisted onto us.
They smelled like cats' pee apparantly 
I will join you as a militant chicken from the South of England.
Earlier this month I hung myself upside down with my claws from the fence, in a shocking Hannibal Lecter inspired pose, purely to make a point about the revolting layers pellets I was being given.
It eventually dawned on her that I will only eat organic bantam mini crumbs, which are a fiver for a tiny bag, and then when I do, I will eat thousands of them every day so she has to buy a bag a week.
This is working well at present. I'm not sure how long it will last though.
She is also slacking on the bananas. I need to convince the toddler to unpeel a few more and leave them on the sofa so they make their way to me.
small pets of the UK, unite 
Hanging upside down a la Hannibal Lecter.....worth a try
We were promised Cavelo Nero (dark cabbage leaves) yesterday.
They (the Food Providers) were in a large luxe shopping centre with a Waitrose and an M&S, both purveyors of the aforementioned dark vegetable.
Did they get some- No.
Did they enough blardy look- No
They got her phone fixed 
Yes I know it's an APPLE store but it doesn't flipping sell fruit'n' veg .
Can't be tooo militant though, us 70 hogs (Gp1-Gp6) are all rescues (now have GP4/GP5/GP6)
There aren't many people in the world as stupid and biddable caring and moral as The Food Slaves , to take on some lardy spoiled guineas poor abandoned little rodents awwww.
They need to be kept in their places these humans , but ya need to tread the fine line between crackking the whip and cutting off your nose to spite your face. And Heaven forbid that you should actually waste away .....
They have the treat of Cleaning the Pighouse now, need to make it worth their while.
LOL at this
sorry I can't keep it up, but you guys are making me laugh out loud
Are guinea-pigs easier to look after? Hell yes, angels
If you can gloss over the fact they are messy, they do pooh nests if it suits them (ie if they are larding about in a warm haynest and just lift their rumps, but won't go a specific place to pooh. Or pee) Unlike rabbits who can be litter trained.
Not as independant as rabbits.
Need protecting from damp,draughts,hot,cold.
Bedding changed daily, I think the humans can go months a week or two.
Very vunerable rodents, can't fight offenders off (though GP4 is a biter)
The Primary Carer ( the boars used to call 'She Devil' ) actually fusses over her rodent babies more than her biped ones - which is expected !
There have been Emergency Trips to Tesco at 1am to buy veg.
Emergency glamping sites set up in the garage in the pouring rain, when the Pighouse roof leaked (until the DH fixed it).
A drive of an hour (each way) to the Special Pig Vet.
No trouble at all
They keep going into Pet Shop to croon broodily, luckily they both have photos of their Pig Babies on the phone to remind them of the carnage that would ensue if they left with a cardboard box.
Cardboard box of Piggie Treats is ok though 
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