New Piggies - obligatory photo included

[BellaTheDarkOverlord]

I rescued two lovely sows a couple of years ago. One died at the beginning of the week and our remaining little girl is not wheeking as much. She seems lonely and is mourning.

We're getting her some new friends and will be introducing them slowly. I'm so excited. We're getting 3 young ones but I so far only have a picture of one as the other two were running around so fast . I just wanted to show someone our gorgeous new piggy. Picking them up tomorrow so will add more photos.

Gorgeous bundle of fluff!

Georgia's. Very very similar to mine as a child. Would love some now, but currently not practical

Oooh lovely. What are their names, have you chosen yet?

Dd6 wants to call that one Fluffy or Cutiepie. I'm trying to change her mind

The other two will be Mikasa and Sasha

Omg, AOT names! Fabulous! I must immediately rename my pigs 😆

Awww! Looking forward to photo updates xx

Ooh they are gorgeous ( though the others are just giving a rump-and-a-leg-view )

They'll be so different to your older girl , little razor claws and hyperspeedy .
Love tricolours and I have a love of an Abby (my very first piggie was a tri-Abby boar )
The one in shot has a I'm not going to be Cutiepie . matey look about her .
(are they deffo 100% all girls ? )

How cute. Looking forward to photos tomorrow 😊

Absolutely adorable!

Yes definitely AOT names as are obsessed with it atm I was going to go with Abby as two are Abyssinian but we settled on Sasha for that one. Potato girl 🤣

As promised Brown is Sasha, grey Mikasa, Tri colour is now Nugget. The big black and white is old girl Eli. They've bonded straight away.

So cute

Beautiful! I loved having guinea pigs as a child. Mikasa has beautiful eyes. Glad they have bonded so quickly

Oh they are soooo cute! I really want some Guinea Pigs, but my children are just a bit too young for me to take them on at the moment (I'd not have pets when I don't have adequate time to look after them well).

Quick question for you pig experts if you don't mind as I've not had them since I was a child. It is right that you can't keep them solo, and also do they need as much time, space and energy as rabbits do?

Beautiful. I love Abyssinians!

😍 Our grey and white pig is almost identical to Mikasa! Lucky you, they’re fab. I’ve been banned from having more pigs :(

Glad the bonding went well.

@watchtheglitterdustswirl

Oh they are soooo cute! I really want some Guinea Pigs, but my children are just a bit too young for me to take them on at the moment (I'd not have pets when I don't have adequate time to look after them well).

Quick question for you pig experts if you don't mind as I've not had them since I was a child. It is right that you can't keep them solo, and also do they need as much time, space and energy as rabbits do?

They are very sociable animals so it wouldn't be kind to keep solo. They do need tonnes of space.. especially to 'popcorn' in! I'm not experienced with rabbits so not sure how they compare exactly though.

Thanks all. They are so cute.

When our old girl died we wanted to see how Eli was going solo. I'd read different things about whether to keep them solo or not. They're definitely sociable. Eli has taken to these babies so quick and they've been cuddling up to her. She probably feels like chief of piggies now

They are gorgeous and all so different . Love the multi-coloue ears , and hopefully you'll have some pink claws in the mix - much easier to cut

I have to admire how clean their floor is .but we all know in 24 hours it;ll be carnage
Good that they're out exploring and eating .

Our GP1 was similar when his brother died , we got him a tiny piglet boar . He was so delighted but exhausted as the new boy was all over his new big cage and new stepdad . GP1 climbed onto a folded towel bed and pretended to go to sleep .

Give them little amounts of new food often, you don;t know what theyve had previously so don't overload

Though parsley, dandelions and fresh cut grass = Instant Friendship for a guinea pig .
You'll find ypurself in the supermarket muttering Sasha doesn't like flat leaf , only curly parsley and Mikasa won't eat celery

When they're in season a leafy sweetcorn is delicious .

Thanks for the advice. That'll definitely be me in the supermarket! I've given them parsley and they are cuddling up to stepmum Eli now. Never thought of sweetcorn

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww....