Peaches is reading...

Can you guess what Peaches is reading?

Let Sleeping Pigs Lie guinea pig beds

We pigs have been thoroughly enjoying the Let Sleeping Pigs Lie beds that our humans won for us from the Bay Area Pignic. These padded beds feature sherpa fleece on one side, cotton on the other and are decorated with adorable guinea pig embroidery.

To the left is a Super Mat Bed in pink and to the right is a Puffy Bed in blue. Here is a demonstration of how we have been using our LSPL beds:

Bluegrass hay is back

Poof sitting on 45 lbs of hay

It's the moment everybody has been waiting for... bluegrass hay is back!

HappyCavy's Amazing Guinea Pig Rescue Bedding Contest

Image courtesy of HappyCavy

Do you know of a guinea pig rescue or shelter that could use some free Carefresh bedding? Our friends over at HappyCavy (known for their fun live streaming guinea pig webcams) asked us to help spread the word about a contest they are hosting to benefit guinea pig rescues and shelters. The winning rescue will receive twelve 60L bags of Carefresh bedding!

To cast your vote, please head over to the HappyCavy.com/CareFRESH contest page and nominate your favorite shelter. The voting ends October 1, 2012 so get your vote in and spread the word!

Pignic costumes

The hungry winner posing next to the certificate

A few closeups of Abby-Roo and Revy's pignic costumes!

2012 Bay Area Pignic

The Bay Area Pignic was great fun for both piggies and humans alike. Guinea pigs of all shapes and sizes munched on grass, snoozed in the shade or tucked themselves in hideaways while their owners socialized nearby. Conversations about grooming and boar cleansings could be heard at the nail trimming station while talk of everything from bedding to favorite foods to cages and health topics abounded. Errant wheeks and the familiar sound of pig protests punctuated the air.

We set up a small enclosure for Revy and Abby-Roo under a portable sun umbrella (instant shade!). Unaccustomed to the unfamiliar environment, Revy was relatively well behaved and even managed to keep the people chomping to a minimum.

Waiting for dinner

¿Donde esta mi pepino?

Like countless other guinea pigs, Abby-Roo and Revy have perfected the woeful take-pity-and-feed-me-now-before-I-expire-of-starvation face. They employ this heart wrenching expression indiscriminately regardless of the amount of leftovers they have scattered about the cage.

Caught in the act

Peaches caught in the act of eating her poop, with one front paw firmly planted on the fleece to maintain her balance and the other raised for easier access. Coprophagy is an essential part of the guinea pigs digestive process as it allows them to maximize the nutrients they can derive from their diet.

One week until Pignic

Image courtesy of Momo's Piggery

Only one more week until the Bay Area Pignic! For anyone in the vicinity, here is the flyer listing the necessary info.

Defensive eating tactics

Upon receiving their daily share of cucumber, the pigs always hold their slice firmly between their teeth while beating a hasty retreat to the nearest unoccupied pigloo. The purpose of this is to ensure food security while maximizing the ability to consume as much as possible before poachers close in.

An unexplained episode and more x-rays

Belka managed to give everyone quite a scare last night. The following is a chronological breakdown of events that cumulated in an emergency vet visit, x-rays, and one very disgruntled guinea pig.

1 AM: Spotted three small patches of urine with blood around/in the newly changed cage. An inspection of the occupants revealed the culprit to be Belka, who had a small amount of blood visible in the Y crevasse of her genital opening.